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Name that Diet!

There are so many diets out there, it's hard to keep track of them. Sometimes I wonder how it all originated! Take a look!

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It was developed by Stanley Burroughs; the diet only allowed lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup.

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Many blame the 1920-1930's AD campaign, using the brand Lucky Strike. This diet tactic causes infertility, heart disease and lung cancer.

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In the 1950s, women used this tactic to lose weight due to the Christian dieting industry boom.

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During the 1960s is when dieters began forming support organizations. In 1961, which weight loss support group did Jean Nidetch launch?

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In the 70s, companies promised that you could "stuff your face without consequences," although after reports of vomiting and abdominal pains, the FDA got rid of it.

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In the 80s, there was a new diet that required "hard-core discipline" called the Scarsdale Diet; what did it entail?

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As a result of the population becoming more aware of red meat's association with heart disease, which food became popular in the 80s?

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Created by the Desert Lab, this diet substance contains more than 97% of Hoodia, which is a plant extract that is believed to control appetite and manage food cravings.

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It is supposedly a diet that involves "Eating for Energy."

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This low- carb diet involves limited consumption of carbohydrates in order to switch the body's metabolism from metabolizing glucose as energy and converting stored body fat to energy.