Introduction
| Health fads | details |
| meatless monday | Not eating meat on monday and turning to other superfoods to get your daily nutrients. |
| Bee venom therapy | Bee venom is thought to help cure various diseases |
| Tape worm pills | The tapeworm pills were sold in the 20th century to get a tape worm in your stomach then kill it when you reach your goal weight. |
| caffinated lotions | The caffine in the lotion is supposed to dehydrate fat cells and make skin feel smoother. |
| segmented sleeping | Segmented sleeping: not sleeping consistently and waking yourself every couple of hours. Segmented sleeping isn't dangerous but it's not recommended. Studies have shown that less than 7 hours of sleep can increase your stress hormone (cortisol) if your stressed you emotionally eat and your blood sugar becomes instable |
Task
1. The first health fad (meat free monday) is promoted online and it is also supported by celebrities.
The second health fad (bee venom therapy) is promoted online and on you tube, used in beauty parlors and supported by celebrities. It is also thought to kill HIV, fight cancer, anti microbial healing and is thought to heal lyme diesese
The third health fad (tape worm pills) is promoted online, advertised by celebrities and can be suggested by dieticians and doctors.
The fourth health fad (caffinated lotions) is promoted online and sold as a skin care product in beauty parlors
the fifth health fad (segmented sleeping) is advertised online.
3. I think by promoting a health fad you get the word out and if people hear about it then they could try it. If celebrities do the particular health fad then they are advertising the product for fans to use.
4. There are particular websites that shame health fads, if the health fad was advertised negatively then people wouldn't use it.
5. If i was to try any health fad, i would try using caffinated lotions because they sound like they would work and it isn't extreme like tape worm pills.
6. The negative side affects for health fads could be: allergic reactions, not getting enough protein nutrience and the health fad simply not working.
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Process
| Health fad | 1:tape worm pills, 2:daylight diet |
| person ( name, age, gender, photo) | 1:anonymous, young child. 2: Swiss lady |
| duration of health fad | 1: a few days 2: She went a week without eating. or drinking. |
| reason for going on health fad | 1:to lose weight for a beauty pagent 2: She saw a movie about the diet, then did it |
| symptoms | 1;severe stomach pain 2: |
| did the health fad achieve what it had claimed in any way | 1:no it didn't 2: The lady died, but she did lose weight. |
| details of other similar cases | 1:A lady from iowa ate a tape worm pill, with bad abdominal pain 2: No other cases but some people use the diet for spiritual reasons and die. |
Evaluation
Dangerous health fads:
The health fads included in the show were dieting pills and tanning underneath uv beds. The diet pills are also acting as stimulisers which makes them addictive they are prescripted pills, the major group of people who use diet pills are overweight women. The tanning beds are addictive because the latest trend is having a tan, it is a beauty 'neccesity' it is understandable for people to become addicted to tanning because it may make their self esteem higher and let them be more condfident. There are many people who could use tanning beds young people, older people, men and woman.
Interesting facts:
*After six months of using diet pill the body grows a tolerence to diet pills and weight lose stops or is reduced.
*meal 
suppresants trick the brain into thinking you've just eaten a big meal.
*In 2010, the indoor tanning industry’s revenue was estimated to be $2.6 billion.
*Out of the 28 million people who tan indoors, 2.3 million are teens.
Here are some photos of these dangerous health fads
Conclusion
Credits
I have learned from doing this assignment on the topic of: Health fads that the best way to lose weight is healthily and carefully, always making sure you have enough nutrition and you are healthy and strong. I have also learned not to go to drastic measures when dieting and just because someone else tries a health fad doesn't mean you should. Companies would get people to try Health fads by advertising and promoting there theory through: Celebrities/ public figures, advertisong online and on television. A better health strategy for dieting would be making sure you drink lots of water, eating fulfilling meals that have iron and nutrition in them and exercising daily.