Pop Quiz - Fad Diets
 

1. This diet, popularized by a doctor in the 1970s, is the most famous of the many diets advocating low-carbohydrate consumption:

a) Zone Diet
b) Ornish Diet
c) Atkins Diet
d) South Beach Diet

2. Which of the following are drawbacks to the Cabbage Soup Diet:

a) High level of sodium or MSG (monosodium glutamate)
b) Flatulence
c) Low in nutrition
d) All of the above

3. A popular 1970s diet plan revolved around the consumption of this fruit -- high in fiber and vitamin C -- with every meal:

a) Grapefruit
b) Apples
c) Pomegranates
d) Watermelon

4. If you're following the original Beverly Hills Diet eating plan, you will consume only fruits during the first 10 days; on day 11, you will add carbohydrates. What food group will you be allowed to add on day 19?

a) Vegetables
b) Proteins
c) Chocolate
d) Dairy

5. On the meal plan of this cleverly named seven-day diet, you eat one of the prescribed low-calorie breakfasts, and then as much chicken soup as you want for the rest of the day:
a) Celebrity Diet
b) Chicken Soup Diet
c) Campbell's Diet
d) Russian Air Force Diet

6. Dr. Herman Tarnower's 1979 book details a very rigid, low-carbohydrate and low-calorie diet that promises an astounding one-pound-a-day weight loss rate. Which diet is it?

a) 7-Day Diet
b) Scarsdale Diet
c) Pritikin Diet
d) Cleansing Diet

7. The 1958 book "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" by Dr. D.C. Jarvis advocated apple cider vinegar as a weight loss aid, claiming it caused fat to burn instead of being stored. Dr. Jarvis also stated that apple cider vinegar:

a) Was rich in potassium and stimulated growth
b) Would give an unborn baby thick hair and long fingernails
c) Helped cure migraines, arthritis and other common ailments
d) All of the above

8. The 3-Day Diet -- which has so many other names, such as Cleveland Clinic 3-Day Diet, Hot Dog Diet and Navy Diet -- claims to eliminate toxins and mucus from the body, so its followers could lose up to 10 pounds in three days. About how many calories per day does this diet prescribe?

a) 600 calories
b) 800 calories
c) 950 calories
d) 1200 calories

9. The Hollywood 48-Hour Diet claims a weight loss of how many pounds over its two-day duration?

a) 4 pounds
b) 7 pounds
c) 10 pounds
d) 15 pounds

10. According to the Paleolithic-Style Diet -- also known as the Caveman Diet, Stone Age Diet or Prehistoric Diet -- the most natural way for humans to eat is to consume foods as our predecessors did prior to agrarian culture. What food group is not allowed on this diet?

a) Nuts
b) Meats
c) Fruits and vegetables
d) Grains

1. This diet, popularized by a doctor in the 1970s, is the most famous of the many diets advocating low-carbohydrate consumption:

a) Zone Diet
b) Ornish Diet
c) Atkins Diet
d) South Beach Diet

2. Which of the following are drawbacks to the Cabbage Soup Diet:

a) High level of sodium or MSG (monosodium glutamate)
b) Flatulence
c) Low in nutrition
d) All of the above

3. A popular 1970s diet plan revolved around the consumption of this fruit -- high in fiber and vitamin C -- with every meal:

a) Grapefruit
b) Apples
c) Pomegranates
d) Watermelon

4. If you're following the original Beverly Hills Diet eating plan, you will consume only fruits during the first 10 days; on day 11, you will add carbohydrates. What food group will you be allowed to add on day 19?

a) Vegetables
b) Proteins
c) Chocolate
d) Dairy

5. On the meal plan of this cleverly named seven-day diet, you eat one of the prescribed low-calorie breakfasts, and then as much chicken soup as you want for the rest of the day:
a) Celebrity Diet
b) Chicken Soup Diet
c) Campbell's Diet
d) Russian Air Force Diet

6. Dr. Herman Tarnower's 1979 book details a very rigid, low-carbohydrate and low-calorie diet that promises an astounding one-pound-a-day weight loss rate. Which diet is it?

a) 7-Day Diet
b) Scarsdale Diet
c) Pritikin Diet
d) Cleansing Diet

7. The 1958 book "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" by Dr. D.C. Jarvis advocated apple cider vinegar as a weight loss aid, claiming it caused fat to burn instead of being stored. Dr. Jarvis also stated that apple cider vinegar:

a) Was rich in potassium and stimulated growth
b) Would give an unborn baby thick hair and long fingernails
c) Helped cure migraines, arthritis and other common ailments
d) All of the above

8. The 3-Day Diet -- which has so many other names, such as Cleveland Clinic 3-Day Diet, Hot Dog Diet and Navy Diet -- claims to eliminate toxins and mucus from the body, so its followers could lose up to 10 pounds in three days. About how many calories per day does this diet prescribe?

a) 600 calories
b) 800 calories
c) 950 calories
d) 1200 calories

9. The Hollywood 48-Hour Diet claims a weight loss of how many pounds over its two-day duration?

a) 4 pounds
b) 7 pounds
c) 10 pounds
d) 15 pounds

10. According to the Paleolithic-Style Diet -- also known as the Caveman Diet, Stone Age Diet or Prehistoric Diet -- the most natural way for humans to eat is to consume foods as our predecessors did prior to agrarian culture. What food group is not allowed on this diet?

a) Nuts
b) Meats
c) Fruits and vegetables
d) Grains

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1. This diet, popularized by a doctor in the 1970s, is the most famous of the many diets advocating low-carbohydrate consumption:

a) Zone Diet
b) Ornish Diet
c) Atkins Diet
d) South Beach Diet

2. Which of the following are drawbacks to the Cabbage Soup Diet:

a) High level of sodium or MSG (monosodium glutamate)
b) Flatulence
c) Low in nutrition
d) All of the above

3. A popular 1970s diet plan revolved around the consumption of this fruit -- high in fiber and vitamin C -- with every meal:

a) Grapefruit
b) Apples
c) Pomegranates
d) Watermelon

4. If you're following the original Beverly Hills Diet eating plan, you will consume only fruits during the first 10 days; on day 11, you will add carbohydrates. What food group will you be allowed to add on day 19?

a) Vegetables
b) Proteins
c) Chocolate
d) Dairy

5. On the meal plan of this cleverly named seven-day diet, you eat one of the prescribed low-calorie breakfasts, and then as much chicken soup as you want for the rest of the day:
a) Celebrity Diet
b) Chicken Soup Diet
c) Campbell's Diet
d) Russian Air Force Diet

6. Dr. Herman Tarnower's 1979 book details a very rigid, low-carbohydrate and low-calorie diet that promises an astounding one-pound-a-day weight loss rate. Which diet is it?

a) 7-Day Diet
b) Scarsdale Diet
c) Pritikin Diet
d) Cleansing Diet

7. The 1958 book "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" by Dr. D.C. Jarvis advocated apple cider vinegar as a weight loss aid, claiming it caused fat to burn instead of being stored. Dr. Jarvis also stated that apple cider vinegar:

a) Was rich in potassium and stimulated growth
b) Would give an unborn baby thick hair and long fingernails
c) Helped cure migraines, arthritis and other common ailments
d) All of the above

8. The 3-Day Diet -- which has so many other names, such as Cleveland Clinic 3-Day Diet, Hot Dog Diet and Navy Diet -- claims to eliminate toxins and mucus from the body, so its followers could lose up to 10 pounds in three days. About how many calories per day does this diet prescribe?

a) 600 calories
b) 800 calories
c) 950 calories
d) 1200 calories

9. The Hollywood 48-Hour Diet claims a weight loss of how many pounds over its two-day duration?

a) 4 pounds
b) 7 pounds
c) 10 pounds
d) 15 pounds

10. According to the Paleolithic-Style Diet -- also known as the Caveman Diet, Stone Age Diet or Prehistoric Diet -- the most natural way for humans to eat is to consume foods as our predecessors did prior to agrarian culture. What food group is not allowed on this diet?

a) Nuts
b) Meats
c) Fruits and vegetables
d) Grains

1. This diet, popularized by a doctor in the 1970s, is the most famous of the many diets advocating low-carbohydrate consumption:

a) Zone Diet
b) Ornish Diet
c) Atkins Diet
d) South Beach Diet

2. Which of the following are drawbacks to the Cabbage Soup Diet:

a) High level of sodium or MSG (monosodium glutamate)
b) Flatulence
c) Low in nutrition
d) All of the above

3. A popular 1970s diet plan revolved around the consumption of this fruit -- high in fiber and vitamin C -- with every meal:

a) Grapefruit
b) Apples
c) Pomegranates
d) Watermelon

4. If you're following the original Beverly Hills Diet eating plan, you will consume only fruits during the first 10 days; on day 11, you will add carbohydrates. What food group will you be allowed to add on day 19?

a) Vegetables
b) Proteins
c) Chocolate
d) Dairy

5. On the meal plan of this cleverly named seven-day diet, you eat one of the prescribed low-calorie breakfasts, and then as much chicken soup as you want for the rest of the day:
a) Celebrity Diet
b) Chicken Soup Diet
c) Campbell's Diet
d) Russian Air Force Diet

6. Dr. Herman Tarnower's 1979 book details a very rigid, low-carbohydrate and low-calorie diet that promises an astounding one-pound-a-day weight loss rate. Which diet is it?

a) 7-Day Diet
b) Scarsdale Diet
c) Pritikin Diet
d) Cleansing Diet

7. The 1958 book "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" by Dr. D.C. Jarvis advocated apple cider vinegar as a weight loss aid, claiming it caused fat to burn instead of being stored. Dr. Jarvis also stated that apple cider vinegar:

a) Was rich in potassium and stimulated growth
b) Would give an unborn baby thick hair and long fingernails
c) Helped cure migraines, arthritis and other common ailments
d) All of the above

8. The 3-Day Diet -- which has so many other names, such as Cleveland Clinic 3-Day Diet, Hot Dog Diet and Navy Diet -- claims to eliminate toxins and mucus from the body, so its followers could lose up to 10 pounds in three days. About how many calories per day does this diet prescribe?

a) 600 calories
b) 800 calories
c) 950 calories
d) 1200 calories

9. The Hollywood 48-Hour Diet claims a weight loss of how many pounds over its two-day duration?

a) 4 pounds
b) 7 pounds
c) 10 pounds
d) 15 pounds

10. According to the Paleolithic-Style Diet -- also known as the Caveman Diet, Stone Age Diet or Prehistoric Diet -- the most natural way for humans to eat is to consume foods as our predecessors did prior to agrarian culture. What food group is not allowed on this diet?

a) Nuts
b) Meats
c) Fruits and vegetables
d) Grains

1. This diet, popularized by a doctor in the 1970s, is the most famous of the many diets advocating low-carbohydrate consumption:

a) Zone Diet
b) Ornish Diet
c) Atkins Diet
d) South Beach Diet

2. Which of the following are drawbacks to the Cabbage Soup Diet:

a) High level of sodium or MSG (monosodium glutamate)
b) Flatulence
c) Low in nutrition
d) All of the above

3. A popular 1970s diet plan revolved around the consumption of this fruit -- high in fiber and vitamin C -- with every meal:

a) Grapefruit
b) Apples
c) Pomegranates
d) Watermelon

4. If you're following the original Beverly Hills Diet eating plan, you will consume only fruits during the first 10 days; on day 11, you will add carbohydrates. What food group will you be allowed to add on day 19?

a) Vegetables
b) Proteins
c) Chocolate
d) Dairy

5. On the meal plan of this cleverly named seven-day diet, you eat one of the prescribed low-calorie breakfasts, and then as much chicken soup as you want for the rest of the day:
a) Celebrity Diet
b) Chicken Soup Diet
c) Campbell's Diet
d) Russian Air Force Diet

6. Dr. Herman Tarnower's 1979 book details a very rigid, low-carbohydrate and low-calorie diet that promises an astounding one-pound-a-day weight loss rate. Which diet is it?

a) 7-Day Diet
b) Scarsdale Diet
c) Pritikin Diet
d) Cleansing Diet

7. The 1958 book "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" by Dr. D.C. Jarvis advocated apple cider vinegar as a weight loss aid, claiming it caused fat to burn instead of being stored. Dr. Jarvis also stated that apple cider vinegar:

a) Was rich in potassium and stimulated growth
b) Would give an unborn baby thick hair and long fingernails
c) Helped cure migraines, arthritis and other common ailments
d) All of the above

8. The 3-Day Diet -- which has so many other names, such as Cleveland Clinic 3-Day Diet, Hot Dog Diet and Navy Diet -- claims to eliminate toxins and mucus from the body, so its followers could lose up to 10 pounds in three days. About how many calories per day does this diet prescribe?

a) 600 calories
b) 800 calories
c) 950 calories
d) 1200 calories

9. The Hollywood 48-Hour Diet claims a weight loss of how many pounds over its two-day duration?

a) 4 pounds
b) 7 pounds
c) 10 pounds
d) 15 pounds

10. According to the Paleolithic-Style Diet -- also known as the Caveman Diet, Stone Age Diet or Prehistoric Diet -- the most natural way for humans to eat is to consume foods as our predecessors did prior to agrarian culture. What food group is not allowed on this diet?

a) Nuts
b) Meats
c) Fruits and vegetables
d) Grains

Here are the answers.

1. The correct answer: C Atkins Diet

Since the publication of "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution" in 1972, the Atkins Diet has become the most famous of the many diets advocating low-carbohydrate consumption. The Atkins Diet consists of four phases that restrict and moderate the intake of carbohydrates to lose, and then maintain, weight. Critics of the low-carb diets contend that the high-protein, low-carbohydrate nature of these diets puts people at risk for heart disease and kidney problems.

2. The correct answer: D All of the above

The Cabbage Soup Diet is a seven-day meal plan that may achieve quick weight loss, mostly because of its very low-calorie nature. Some of its drawbacks: a high level of sodium or MSG (monosodium glutamate), flatulence and low nutrition. The monotony of eating cabbage soup for all your meals, as well as its short-term weight loss effects, are the others.

3. The correct answer: A Grapefruit

The Grapefruit Diet, which became popular in the mid-1970s, consists of a very low-calorie (under 1000) 7- or 21-day eating plan, with a half-grapefruit eaten with each main meal. The claim of this diet is that grapefruit contains a special enzyme that helps break down the fat. When it became erroneously linked with the Mayo Clinic, the organization was quick to disassociate itself from this fad diet, deeming it possibly dangerous.

4. The correct answer: B Proteins

If you're following the original Beverly Hills Diet, you will consume only fruits during the first 10 days; on day 11, you will add carbohydrates; and on day 19, you will add proteins. The diet, described in a 1981 book by Judy Mazel, is based on the theory that fruit should not be eaten with other food groups, allowing the fruit's enzymes to properly aid with digestion and keep food from turning into fat. Although this diet promotes rapid weight loss, it has drawn criticism because of its low-calorie, low-protein and low-nutrient nature. A revised version released in the mid-1990s eased up on some of the extremes.

5. The correct answer: B Chicken Soup Diet

On the Chicken Soup Diet, you eat one of the prescribed low-calorie breakfasts, and then as much chicken soup as you want for the rest of the day. Only one breakfast per day is allowed. There is a specific chicken soup recipe, although for variety you may change some of the flavorings and spices; there are also five breakfast plans to choose from. As this is just another version of a very low-calorie eating plan, quick but non-lasting weight loss may be achieved; balanced nutrition may be compromised.

6. The correct answer: B Scarsdale Diet

Dr. Herman Tarnower's 1979 book, "The Scarsdale Diet," details a very rigid, low-carbohydrate and low-calorie diet that promises an astounding one-pound-a-day weight loss rate. This fad diet allows for only three meals a day, with no snacks, and encourages the use of sugar substitutes and herbal supplements. The plan also recommends no strenuous activity for people over 40, unless they have already been regular exercisers.

7. The correct answer: D All of the above

Although apple cider vinegar has been used for centuries as a home remedy for various ailments, it wasn't until Dr. D.C. Jarvis' 1958 book, "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health," that fermented apple cider became touted as a medicinal cure-all. Dr. Jarvis claimed that daily consumption of an apple cider vinegar and honey tonic stimulated growth because it was rich in potassium; would give unborn babies thick hair and long fingernails; and help cure migraines, arthritis and other common ailments. Although these medicinal claims have yet to be proven, the Apple Cider Vinegar Diet has been popular on and off since the 1970s; now those who follow it consume apple cider vinegar tablets instead of a tonic.

8. The correct answer: A 600 calories

The 3-Day Diet -- which has so many other names, such as Cleveland Clinic 3-Day Diet, Hot Dog Diet and Navy Diet -- claims to eliminate toxins and mucus from the body, so its followers could lose up to 10 pounds in three days. With a daily calorie intake of about 600 calories, dieters on the 3-Day Diet lose mostly water weight that will probably be regained once regular eating resumes. Loss of nutrients and a severe lack of carbohydrates can lead to weakness and make this diet an unhealthy plan.

9. The correct answer: C 10 pounds

The Hollywood 48-Hour Diet claims a weight loss of 10 pounds over its two-day duration. Consuming nothing but this expensive "miracle" juice -- made up of a variety of juices, along with added vitamins and minerals -- for two days may bring about a quick weight loss of water and some muscle, but it will be a very short-term weight loss.

10. The correct answer: D Grains

Grains, whole or refined, are a major no-no on this version of a low-carb diet. According to the Paleolithic-Style Diet -- also known as the Caveman Diet, Stone Age Diet or Prehistoric Diet -- the most natural way for humans to eat is to consume foods as our predecessors did prior to agrarian culture. This diet plan encourages that up to 65 percent of your daily intake come from animal products, and the rest from plant foods. Meat, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds are all permitted. This diet may lead to high fat consumption, as well as fatigue from the lack of carbohydrates and balanced nutrients.