June 04, 2004
Miracle Diets
Lots of people in the Western world are overweight. We all know this.
Many of us need to eat less and do more exercise. Many people also understand this. Understanding and doing are different, however, so there is a huge business in 'miracle diets'.
Going back to when I was younger, there were various kinds of diet pills, all of which have been proven to have no effect on weight loss, and some of the people advertising them were prosecuted (remember Sam Fox's boyfriend, Peter FosterLINK)
Now, in the early 20th century, we have Atkins, a diet which causes you to lose weight by eating lots of fat and starving your body of carbohydrates. It certainly seems to work, but is it healthy? Is it good for your heart? I'm not a doctor, so don't know, but most doctors seem to suggest that this is NOT a healthy way to eat.
Finally, a recent craze in Japan. 黒酢, or dark vinegar. Drink a bit every day, and you'll shed pounds, they say. Utter rubbish, I thought, but being a lazy bugger I thought I'd give it a try.
This drink is 20% apple juice, around 5% vinegar, and tastes like crap. I highly recommend it!
Someone was talking to me about this vinegar thing the other day in idle chat. I didn't realize it was part of a craze. Whatever happened to the nigari craze?
Also, I would like to register my official outrage at Rosie's gallery shifting to the second page of links. I realize it wasn't intentional, though ;-)
Posted by: nils at June 4, 2004 04:17 PMThanks! Outrage replaced by virtual smooches.
Posted by: nils at June 6, 2004 01:29 AMSo does it work ...?
Posted by: chriskk at June 6, 2004 01:53 AMThere's a great show that introduces some natural and quasi-fadish diet or health item. It's on Thursday nights hosted by Bakusho Mondai, called Supa Supa. It's a lot of fun to watch if you're home around 7 or 8. I think I remember seing the vinegar thing on that a while back.
Posted by: Quinlan at June 7, 2004 12:59 PM