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This is one of the meals that someone on the macrobiotic diet would have

It doesn't sound right to me but if it makes people leaner, there's no downside

Dr Seltzer

A Doctor says there are some benefits to the crazy diets people are taking part in. Diets include only eating baby food, skipping meals, whole grain meals and wearing blue glasses while eating to make food look less appetising.

One such diet is called a Macrobiotics slavery ‘sect’. This diet forces the followers to eat heavy whole grain foods. Mario, the man who created the diet reportedly told the followers it would provide miracles. This came to light when a young women left the sect and told the police. It was found that the followers had to pay for the diet and give donations, but on top of that they have to work long hours with very little pay.

Another crazy, unhelpful diet is the Copenhagen diet. This is extreme as it really limits what you can eat, but also that you don’t have the energy to do any exercise and you feel like sleeping all day. The diet has very little calories and during this it wouldn’t suitable to work else you could cause yourself self-harm. This diet plan is 13 days long and requires you to be in good health and drink a lot of water. With this you skip meals and eat very little when there is a meal.

The baby food diet is another crazy. It consists of people eating 16 jars of baby food a day instead of proper meals and snacks although they can eat 1 proper meal a day. It is supposed to help you get a healthy body. This diet creates a calorie deficient which promote weight loss. As baby food is minimally processed it has lots of vitamin and nutrients needed to make sure you stay fit and healthy.#

One easy weight loss diet trick is to wear blue glasses when you eat food as the colour blue looks less desirable for food so you eat less as the food doesn’t look so appetizing.

These ideas may seem insensible, but if they are helping people lose weight then these crazes are here to stay.