6 Terrible Diet Strategies to Skip (from fitbie)

It's a wonder what Americans will do to drop pounds. Eating jars of baby food, noshing on nothing but cabbage soup, or drinking concoctions of lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper are preferable, it would seem, to a simple, sensible diet.


But at least these fads, no matter how unappetizing, are pretty harmless—you're likely to get sick of such strategies before they do any harm. But not every slimming scheme is so benign: We've found six that are painful, dangerous, and in most cases, just won't work.


Our experts examined these over-the-top diets to explain why they won't work, how they're dangerous, and how, in some cases, simple alternatives can create the desired results.


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