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

A fad-diet book for all occasions.(Home Front)(Column)

Article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) Article date: July 14, 2007

Byline: W. Bruce Cameron

Recently I was at the bookstore looking at diet books, thinking maybe it was time I read one instead of going on a diet. I was astounded by the sheer number and variety of the things and became energized by the promises of quick, painless weight loss because it gave me confidence that if I just worked at it, I could write my own diet book.

Many of the weight-loss plans seem to include language like this: "The Low-Lard Diet, when combined with good nutrition and exercise, can result in significant ...

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.