The world of fashion and trends is very often absurd and imposes a variety of beauty standards. Once upon a time these were appetizing pin-up girls, then the anorexic Twiggy came into fashion, in the 80s an athletic figure and fitness became fashionable, and in the 90s thinness and that same “heroin chic” returned again. 
Where can one keep up with all the trends? Today, finally, the world has gradually and slowly begun to come not to a fashion for this or that figure, but to a fashion for health and the fact that a person can not torture himself with endless diets, but find a middle ground. But people, at different times, were on such terrible diets that doctors clutched their heads and did not know what to do with such patients.
Dream 
When you sleep, don't eat. Therefore, you just need to learn to sleep more, and ladies of the early 20th century dubbed this technique the “Sleeping Beauty Diet.” And that's nothing.
By the way, there is evidence that Elvis Presley used this method, only in a modified form - he preferred sleep to dinner, and there is some sense in this. True, if you look at the king of rock and roll, success is not very noticeable.
But modern scientists have tracked the connection between lack of sleep and extra pounds. Any nutritionist will first of all draw the patient’s attention to sleep so that the required 8 hours are met. If sleep is torn, if a person sleeps little, then the chances of gaining excess weight increase significantly. When a person is tired, he begins to consume fast carbohydrates to get the energy that is so lacking.
In addition, it is during sleep that biochemical processes take place, due to which food is processed entirely and does not turn into fat deposits. These processes occur due to hormones produced at night.
So healthy and sufficient sleep is an important key to normal weight.
Vinegar 
Fans of this type of weight loss drink diluted vinegar on an empty stomach. Appetite decreases and metabolism speeds up. Food is digested faster, metabolism increases, but the kilograms disappear.
This diet has been known and very popular since the early 19th century. Lord Byron, the dream of all women, was addicted to morning vinegar, hoping not only to lose weight, but also to acquire an exquisite pallor. When the poet died at the age of 36 from a fever, doctors reported that Byron’s body was very worn out.
The vinegar diet made a comeback in America in the 70s, when special vinegar tablets even became available for sale. Then it became fashionable to drink diluted lemon juice. The harm from such a diet is obvious, but you can still find its followers who do not care about the condition of their tooth enamel and gastric mucosa.
Worms 
Diet for lazy extreme sports enthusiasts - eat what you want, don’t kill yourself while jogging and lose weight. You just need to introduce worm eggs into your body. An alternative is to eat a tablet filled with them, wait for the worms to hatch and begin to eat food in the small intestine, simultaneously multiplying inside. Well, when the scales show the desired result, just take an anthelmintic and get rid of the parasites, along with their eggs.
This is just for those who want to sit on the couch, holding a bun in one hand and a soda in the other. And in a number of countries this method is legal and still popular! The Hong Kong Department of Health has repeatedly called on residents to abandon this dangerous and ineffective method of losing weight.
Sun 
Pranoeaters. These guys completely give up food, “eating” on the energy of the sun, air, water and sometimes herbal teas. It’s completely absurd, but how many fans of this kind of nutrition are there in the world? They tell us everywhere that they feed exclusively on prana - the energy of life that exists in water, earth, fire and ether.
The founder of the Institute of Pranic Nutrition (yes, there is such a thing) Wiley Brooks, by the way, is not such a responsible consumer of vital energy. When several of his followers died in the 1980s, Brooks adjusted his teaching and now says that it is okay to eat regular food occasionally.
Traditional scientists, of course, believe that this is life-threatening and that under no circumstances should one feed only on “prana”.
Animal food 
Bon appetit, as they say... How dry food works: you eat a little granules, then drink water, the granules swell and thus achieve a feeling of fullness. Bran works in exactly the same way, but it does not contain the minerals and vitamins that are found in high-quality animal feed (holistic class).
It turns out that in this world there are those who buy food not only for their pets, but also for themselves. They claim that they don't have to worry about what to eat, save time, and do it all for a small amount of calories. Actor Adam Scott, who popularized this type of diet, ate monkey food. But after less than a week of eating this way, he started having digestive problems.
Diets for fun 
On the palm.
Eat anything - the most important thing is that the daily food intake fits in the palm of your hand.
Traffic light.
Any food except soda and fast food. In the morning - red foods, at lunch - yellow, and for dinner - green.
Alcoholic
Replacing food with booze. Alcoholic drinks are very high in calories and despite the obvious harm of this method, there are people who believe that this will work. By the way, it might work, but the liver won’t thank you. 
Professional nutritionists, at the mention of all these diets, sadly throw up their hands and beg their patients not to come to anything like that, but to choose high-quality and balanced nutrition, selected for each individual case.
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