A Review of 10 “Ridiculous Diets”

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Divine Caroline has a list of the top 10 Most Ridiculous Diets. Here’s a run down of them with my thoughts…

Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet - Do you have to go much further than “cookie diet”? Even though the cookies are healthy, you need more diversity of food.
The Subway Diet - I like the Subway Diet and think it has merit. Divine Caroline doubts the story of Jared Fogel, but it was well documented in Men’s Health. It’s not a marketing scam by Subway. Subway only picked it after Fogel’s accomplishment. Many of Subway subs are fairly healthy - my only concern would be the sodium in some of the cold cuts.
The Cereal Diet - The idea behind the cereal diet is that you’ll replace two meals a day with cereal and lose weight. Since the cereal typically used in this diet is quite healthy, this seems like a solid decision. It’s great portion control as well. The only problem is that it’s not a lifestyle change. When you stop the diet you will likely gain the weight back.
Cabbage Soup Diet - Your supposed to eat lots of cabbage soup? Again, I don’t see that one type of food is going to work long term. At least with cereal, there’s a good mix of protein, carbs, and low fat.
Slim-fast Diet - I believe that Slim-Fast has been proven to work over a long time. It’s a good mix of nutrition and portion control. If it was that ridiculous, the business would have been bankrupt long ago.
Blood Type Diet - I’ve never heard of this diet. I haven’t read anything that would leave me to believe this matters. This is definitely ridiculous.
Russian Air Force Diet - Here’s another new-to-me diet. Breakfast is coffee? Bad plan. Lunch is two eggs and a tomato? Sorry, that’s not enough food. Dinner is a sliver of meat and a salad? It’ll work, but I predict that 99.5% of people fall off of this diet in a week.
The Three-Day Diet/Hot Dog Diet - Another diet that last for three days. That’s not going to last. You are supposed to just eat hot dogs? Most hot dogs contain too much fat to be healthy.
The Apple Cider Vinegar Diet - I’ve actually read that vinegar is an appetite suppressant. However, by itself it is ridiculous. My recommendation is to have a salad with a vinaigrette dressing before your dinner.
The Writing Diet - The idea here is use writing as a cure for emotional eating. I can actually follow the logic. For it to really work though I think people need to know when they are emotionally eating and start writing. You can’t simply write all the time as it’s very little exercise - trust me I know.
The Atkins Diet - It’s called the most ridiculous diet by Divine Caroline. However she admits that it does work. I think people take it too strictly. I think it can work with small amounts of carbs. I’d aim my carbs for the morning so that I can work them off through the day.

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4 Responses to “A Review of 10 “Ridiculous Diets””

Diet Plans Reviewed Says:
January 16th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I love Subway, and go do the diet if they sent you everything you needed weekly. I just can’t see driving there everyday and waiting in line.

I am down for the Russian Air Force diet. I will lose all my muscles and fat, and if I tried to work out, I would collapse from not eating enough.

Hot Dog diet is for me too, especially since no one really knows what go into them.
Brip Blap Says:
January 17th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I lost 100 pounds on the Atkins diet. That’s a round number - it was probably more. I credit Atkins with saving my life. I can’t agree with calling it ridiculous. I understand that a lot of people don’t buy into the method of doing it. I also think that if someone goes on Atkins to lose 10 pounds, it’s a bad idea. But if you’re obese and you need to lose weight, this is perfect. I ate 0 carbs for about a month and then severely restricted carbs for a year and a half. The only carbs I took in were vegetable carbs. I ate lean meats, cheese and leafy greens for years. I only started eating bread and pasta and fruit again about 2 years ago. It’s not ridiculous, and it’s just like credit cards - in the hands of someone with self-discipline it’s a perfect tool. I studied very carefully, I didn’t eat the crap “low-carb” frozen dinners and so on, and I lost weight, improved my blood pressure and overall fitness, and now my doctor tells me my physical condition is 10 years younger than my actual age.
Diet Plans Reviewed Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Wow, Brip Blap, congratulations, that is quite an accomplishment. I have heard a ton of real life Atkins diet success stories.

The problem with most people (not you) is that you do need to eat bascially 0 carbs in the beginning to get it to work.
CJ Says:
January 19th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
My problem with Atkins is the implication that a slab of bacon (no carbs) is better than an apple (carbs, oh darn). I think anyone can lose weight on these fad diets initially because they put some ‘limit’ on your food intake, whether it’s carbs, fat, particular food items. There’s nothing special about any of them.

Now here’s the diet I’d love to follow: Chipotle every day
http://www.chipotless.com