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Fad Diets Quiz
By Myriam Gabriel-Pollock

Ever turn down a tasty treat in the name of dieting? Perhaps you decided to indulge, but then to seriously get back on the horse the next day? You are not alone -- weight loss is one of the most popular New Year's resolutions for both women and men and it usually begins with a hearty pledge to follow a foolproof path to Slimville. However, many of us don't have the patience for healthy eating and regular exercise and instead turn to fad diets to drop pounds quickly -- but do they really work? Are they healthy? Learn more about fad diets by taking our quiz.
1
This diet, popularized by a doctor in the 1970s, is the most famous of the many diets advocating low-carbohydrate consumption:
2
Which of the following are drawbacks to the Cabbage Soup Diet:
3
A popular 1970s diet plan revolved around the consumption of this fruit -- high in fiber and vitamin C -- with every meal:
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?
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:
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?
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:
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?
9
The Hollywood 48-Hour Diet claims a weight loss of how many pounds over its two-day duration?
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?
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