There are so many fad diets for weight loss on the market that consumers are confused about which one to follow. Most of these diets tend to limit the consumption of a particular macronutrient (protein, carbs or fat) or food group.

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Many of us look for quick weight loss, but, unfortunately, that often leads to trying fad diets and eventually gaining a couple of pounds more on top what we already have… We have to admit that extra weight is usually a result of poor eating habits and lack of exercise, and that permanent weight loss is a slow process which involves changing our me

There are diet plans and then there are some diet plans. Some will throw medical mumbo-jumbo at consumers, some will fake research, some take a leap of faith to conclusions, and some just ride on the coat tail of real research.Of all these, I found the following diets the worst and some crazy ideas as a diet. Call them fads, call them snake oil

Not so much a news story as a community experiment to see which of the big brand diets (Weight Watchers, Atkins etc) will achieve the best results for people. Wonder if it will demyth some of the hyperbola that is the diet industry. Lets hope so.

Judy Mazel (December 20, 1943 - October 12, 2007) was the American weight loss advocate and author of the "The Beverly Hills Diet", which became a 1981 best seller and a nationwide diet craze. Judy Mazel was a devout practicing Jew and was raised in a conservative Ashkenazi Jewish home.Maxel was born in Chicago on December 20, 1943 as the youngest of three sisters. She moved to California but failed to become a professional actor. She began to struggle with her weight and began writing several diet books.Maxel had no formal training in either medicine or nutrition when she invented The Beverly Hills Diet. Her weight loss diet advocated that dieters eat only one type of food at a time. The Beverly Hills Diet advised that dieters never eat carbohydrates and proteins in the same meal. It also banned eating fruit after the first 10 days of the diet.Mazel opened a clinic in Beverly Hills, following the success of her book. She worked with as many as 250 dieters a week. Mazel, herself, claimed to have lost 72 pounds by following her own advice.Critics, including many nutritionists, attacked The Beverly Hills Diet. They claimed that many dieters lost weight simply because The Beverly Hills Diet was low in calories. The Beverly Hills Diet often made many nutritionists' lists of their top 10 fad diets. Celebrities, however, embraced the Mazel's book. Noted followers of The Beverly Hills Diet included journalist and California First Lady, Maria Shriver, as well as Sally Kellerman, Engelbert Humperdinck and Linda Gray.Judy Mazel died of peripheral vascular disease at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, on October 12, 2007. She was 63 and was a long-time resident of Pacific Palisades, California at the time of her death. External linksNew York Times: Judy Mazel, Creator of Best-Selling ‘Beverly Hills Diet,’ Is Dead at 63Los Angeles Times: Judy Mazel, 63; author of 'The Beverly Hills Diet'Palisadian-Post: Judy Mazel, 63, Diet Book AuthorWashington Post: Judy Mazel; Author of Best-Selling 'Beverly Hills Diet'