5.Scarsdale Diet
Now mostly remembered for the scandal when its creator, Herman Tarnower, MD, was murdered by his mistress, this 1970s diet claimed you could drop 20 pounds in 2 weeks by eating just 1,000 calories a day. “Any weight loss you see on the scale would most likely be from water weight, and not body fat,” Whittingham says. “As soon as you come off this diet, you’d gain it all right back.” Thankfully, this fad seems to have stayed in the ‘70s, along with polyester pantsuits and pet rocks.
6.Beverly Hills Diet
Created by former actress Judy Mazel in 1981, this best-selling diet book laid out some super-strict rules, including eating nothing but fruit for 10 days, and never eating carbs and proteins on the same day.
