5) Master Cleanse Diet

This is a more modern attempt at slimming in a hurry. It’s been a bit of a go with the celebrities recently, apparently even pop uber queen Beyonce gave it a bash. The modus operandi is that you stop eating food for a while and instead have tea and lemonade made with maple syrup and cayenne pepper. Yummy. This removes all excess body fat and detoxifies the body (no it doesn’t).

What it will actually do in real life is leave you feeling dizzy, sick and dehydrated and will gradually remove muscle mass. Basically you’ll look and feel like a victim of radiation poisoning.

The Master Cleanse Diet was actually invented by Stanley Burroughs in the 40’s but for some reason, and despite the fact that it is obviously balderdash, people keep on giving it a try.

So I guess the moral of the story here is that if you want to lose weight you can try all of the above, but if they do actually work, as soon as you stop the diet you’ll get fat again.

Unfortunately we’re back to eating less and moving more. Bummer.