Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

PREMIUM NEWS ARCHIVE

Only consistency among fad diets is their failure to work.

Article from: Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas) Article date: March 21, 2007

Byline: Susan Krumm

Mar. 21--Q: I read your article last week on the National Nutrition Month's theme being "100% Fad Free." How long have "fad diets" been around?: A:It's interesting. The American Dietetic Association shared a timeline of the fad diets throughout the years. Here's what the research shows: 1820 Vinegar and Water Diet: Made popular by Lord Byron 1825 Low-Carbohydrate Diet: first appeared in "The Physiology of Taste" by Jean Brillat-Savarin 1830 Graham's Diet: His only legacy: invented ...

Read full article   (with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research)
Newser gathers stories from across the web and packs what you need to know into about 120 words. Check out these stories related to your search.
Visit our grid for the latest news.

Related Newser Stories

Fad Banana Diet Finds
Mass A Peel in Japan

Regimen claims to fuel weight loss with just banana, water for breakfast

Oct 17, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A penchant for fad dieting is making Japanese consumers ripe for a new weight-loss scheme starring bananas, Time reports. Since a popular actress lost 26 pounds on the Morning Banana Diet, the fruit has been hard to come by. “There are no bananas on the shelves,” complained one... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Japan • diet • Bananas • fad diets

 Japanese Man Marries 
 Video Game Girlfriend 

But the wedding's probably not legally binding

Nov 25, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - A Japanese man pledged his undying love to a video game character last weekend, in a first-of-its-kind ceremony witnessed by dozens of gamers. The man, username Sal9000, had fallen in love with Nene Anegasaki, a virtual woman in the Nintendo DS dating simulator “Love Plus.” He “married”... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Japan • marriage • Nintendo DS • video games

 Lose Weight: Do a Puzzle 

Mental puzzles can help you shed a few pounds, says brain trainer

Nov 25, 09 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Hunkering down with a Sudoku puzzle could help you shed some pounds. Tim Forrester, the man behind brain training website cannyminds.com, says mental exercise doubles as real exercise, with the body burning 90 calories for every hour spent working on crossword puzzles or brain teasers. A passive brain requires... More »

MORE ABOUT:
sudoku • puzzles • weight loss • diet • brain • exercise • crossword puzzle • brain fitness

MARKETS

 Dow Up 137; 
 Fed News Sparks Rally 

Bernanke predicts US GDP growth in 2010

Nov 16, 09 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Stocks rallied today on news of strong third-quarter economic growth in Japan and reassurance from Ben Bernanke that the Fed will keep interest rates low, the Wall Street Journal reports.
  • The Dow rose 136.49 points to close at 10,406,96.
  • The Nasdaq gained 29.97, settling
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Ben Bernanke • Japan • Federal Reserve • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • S&P 500 • Japanese economy • interest rates