Topic: fad-diets

As long as there are people of relative privilege, there will be diets. And, as long as there are diets, there will be some super ill-advised ones (which is why we’re hosting Crash Diet Week and inviting you guys to tell us your Crash Diet Horror Stories). Anyway, with all these generations of dieters behind us, certain foods–low calorie, lean protein, energy boosting–have become synonymous with dieting as a whole. Regardless of what fad diet is currently capturing popular imagination, the following foods will always be listed out in the same order in every issue of US Weekly until the end of time: start the day with oatmeal, egg whites, fruit, have a salad with grilled fish for lunch, chicken with steamed veggies for dinner and… More »