Your Parents Probably Tried These Old-School Diet Tips
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It might be fun to try on your moms old jeans or brush off your dads old record player, but were begging you leave their rusty old diet tricks in the past. Youll suffer more than just a cold kick of nostalgia if you try to live by any of these old-school food rules.
Back before people knew anything about healthy fats, antioxidants, or protein, people were really just stumbling blindly through unsubstantiated diet advice and weight loss tips. Though many of the diet regimens on this list were endorsed by doctors and experts, few (if any) were supported by science or evidence.
But that didnt stop people from attempting these wacky fads and trends. Have you ever heard of the sexy pineapple diet? What about the diet where you can eat as much sugar as you want? (That one actually doesnt sound half bad...)
From the cabbage soup diet to strict detox cleanses, people tried anything and everything they could to shed weight as quickly as possible. Here are some of the most popular (though often misguided) weight loss tips from your parents dieting days.
The Drinking Mans Diet
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Liquid lunch, anyone? The 1964 pamphlet The Drinking Mans Diet touted a weight-loss method that involved drinking as much alcohol as you want and almost zero carbs otherwise. The booklet advertised the diet as the best way to lose weight with a minimum of willpower, which sounds accurate so long as you dont drunkenly decide to eat an entire plate of nachos at the bar. The regimen was also recommended for teetotalers, which is confusing. But contrary to the modern opinion, the Drinking Mans Diet characterized alcohol calories as good calories, while all other calories from food were bad. If youve ever tried drinking on an empty stomach, you know why this diet is a bad idea.
The Israeli Army Diet
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This odd but surprisingly popular 1970s-era diet has nothing at all to do with the Israeli Army though it does require some soldiering through. The Israeli Army Diet is an eight-day trudge during which youre only allowed one type of food per day. On days one and two, you eat only apples. Three and four you eat cheese, after which you eat two days of chicken and two days of salad. All those foods are fine and good, but wouldnt you rather eat a nutritious meal that includes all of them? This apple chicken salad should do the trick.
Trick Your Man Into Losing Weight
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Here at last is the book which shows how, using stealth, subterfuge, trick and treat, you can painlessly save the man you love from unsightly and unhealthy pounds, advertised the description of a popular 1980s diet book, How to Take 20 Pounds Off Your Man. Apparently, the sly tactics detailed in this book were subtle enough to melt pounds off your hubby without him even noticing. The cover claims you can really surprise him with a svelte new body his! What man wouldnt love that?
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