1.The Graham Diet
This diet was less about getting rid of your love handles, and more about getting rid of your love urges. Created by evangelical minister Sylvester Graham in the 1830s, who thought our carnal appetites could be blamed on fatty or even tasty food, this diet banned spices, meat, and alcohol. Think of Graham every time you bite into a s’mores by a campfire (yep, a bland version of the Graham cracker was originally invented for this diet!).
2.The Apple Cider Vinegar Diet
The 19th-century Romantic poet Lord Byron may have been the first metrosexual; he bragged about drinking a mix of apple cider vinegar and water to maintain his svelte figure. A similar diet sticks around today. “Our stomach naturally produces acid that is much stronger than apple cider vinegar, so despite the claims that it can help digest food better, the research is lacking,” Whittingham says. At least it makes a tasty salad dressing.
