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==Crash diets== <!--Entries in this section MUST have a reliable source describing them as crash or fad diets--> [[Crash diet]]s are [[very-low-calorie diet]]s used for the purpose of very fast [[weight loss]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/how-to-diet/ |title=How to diet |date=27 April 2018 |website=nhs.uk |publisher=NHS |language=en |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=22 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122105610/https://www.nhs.uk/livewell/loseweight/Pages/how-to-diet.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/crash_diet_test |title=Take the test: Is an 800-calorie diet right for me? |website=BBC Food |language=en |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618145752/https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/crash_diet_test |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-eating/a25288668/are-crash-diets-bad-for-you/ |title=Are crash diets ever a good idea for weight loss? |last=Bonet |first=Anna |date=28 November 2018 |website=Netdoctor |quote='A crash diet is typically a very low-calorie diet, where you eat a very restrictively for a short period of time,' explains Registered Dietician, Helen Bond. |access-date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707010239/https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/healthy-eating/a25288668/are-crash-diets-bad-for-you/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They describe diet plans that involve making extreme, rapid changes to food consumption, but are also used as disparaging terms for common eating habits which are considered unhealthy. This diet is dangerous and can lead to sudden death when not done in a medically supervised setting.<ref name="Isner1979">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Isner JM, Sours HE, Paris AL, Ferrans VJ, Roberts WC |date=December 1979 |title=Sudden, unexpected death in avid dieters using the liquid-protein-modified-fast diet. Observations in 17 patients and the role of the prolonged QT interval |journal=Circulation |volume=60 |issue=6 |pages=1401β12 |doi=10.1161/01.cir.60.6.1401 |pmid=498466 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Sours1981">{{Cite journal |vauthors=Sours HE, Frattali VP, Brand CD, Feldman RA, Forbes AL, Swanson RC, Paris AL |date=April 1981 |title=Sudden death associated with very low calorie weight reduction regimens |journal=The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=453β61 |doi=10.1093/ajcn/34.4.453 |pmid=7223697|doi-access=free }}</ref> Several diets listed here are weight-loss diets which would also fit into other sections of this list. Where this is the case, it will be noted in that diet's entry. * [[Beverly Hills Diet]]: An extreme diet from 1981 which has only fruits in the first days, gradually increasing the selection of foods up to the sixth week.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.everydiet.org/diet/new-beverly-hills-diet |title=New Beverly Hills Diet |publisher=EveryDiet.org |access-date=29 April 2012 |quote=The original Beverly Hills diet was published in 1981 and is regarded by many as being the first fad diet. |archive-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117024528/http://www.everydiet.org/diet/new-beverly-hills-diet |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> * [[Cabbage soup diet]]: A low-calorie diet based on heavy consumption of [[cabbage]] soup. Considered a fad diet.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1309282.stm "Health risk of 'faddy diets'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212104454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1309282.stm |date=12 February 2007 }}. BBC News. 2 May 2001. Retrieved 13 February 2012.</ref> * [[Grapefruit diet]]: A fad diet begun in 1930, intended to facilitate weight loss, in which grapefruit is consumed in large quantities at meal times.<ref name=":1" /><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7978418.stm "Grapefruit diet 'put leg at risk'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313201741/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7978418.stm |date=13 March 2020 }}. BBC News. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2012.</ref> * [[Monotrophic diet]]: A diet that involves eating only one food item, or one type of food, for a period of time to achieve a desired weight reduction. * [[Subway diet]]: A crash diet<ref name=guardiansubway/> in which a person consumes Subway sandwiches in place of higher calorie fast foods. Made famous by convicted sex offender and former obese student [[Jared Fogle]], who lost 245 pounds after replacing his meals with Subway sandwiches as part of an effort to lose weight.<ref name="guardiansubway">Kingsley, Patrick (10 March 2011). [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/09/subway-biggest-fast-food-chain "How a sandwich franchise ousted McDonald's"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211040446/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/09/subway-biggest-fast-food-chain |date=11 February 2013 }}. ''[[The Guardian]]''. Retrieved 12 March 2012.</ref>
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