Health fad

1. How is each fad promoted/marketed?

2. Find an example advertisement for one of the fads and insert into this worksheet
3. Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be successful
4. Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be unsuccessful
5. Which of the 3 fads you selected would you be most likely to try and WHY?
6. Which of the 3 fads would you be least likely to try and WHY?

7. What are the negative side effects for each?

My selection as follows:

1. Grape Fruit Diet

2. Vinegar and Water Diet

3.Meal Replacement Diet

1. The Grape Fruit Diet would have been advertised in women magazines, newspapers, health books etc.

2. The Vinegar and Water Diet has been advertised in newspapers, magazines, weight loss magazines.  

3. Meal Replacement Shakes use the television, magazines and some doctors recommend this form of weight loss method.

Example: The Grape Fruit Diet Advertising Tool

3. The Grape Fruit Diet  basically promises quick  results with out starving yourself and eating normal meals at normal times  due to fat burning enzymes found in grapefruit.

4. The Vinegar and Water Diet  apple cider vinegar contains malic acid turns the sugar which is carbohydrate into energy the apple cider vinegar supposed ability to balance body chemistry which could improve health symptoms like fatigue joint pain.

5. Meal Replacement Shakes  advertise as being convenient  portable and usually low in calorie. 

6. If you don't like grape fruit it would'nt be one you would be looking into as you have to stick to a low calorie intake of food for a period of time.

7. The Vinegar and Water Diet basically long term use can cause damage like loss of bone density and tooth enamel.

8. Meal replacement shakes are not natural and they are a packaged food there have been some studies done to show they can be harmfull to the kidneys and liver long term of use.

9.The meal replacement because it is quick and I can get different flavours and make a milkshake.

10.The Vinegar and Water diet would be the least favourite because of the taste and how disgusting it would be.

11.Negative side effects for each grape fruit diet: they have now found that grape fruit can interfere with medicines taken and making them more potent the ingredient found in grape fruit it is furanocoumarins which deactivates an enzyme in the stomach that breaks down drugs.

Vinegar and Water Diet: to much Apple cider vinegar can cause issues to your throat can erode tooth enamel it can effect your blood sugar level.

Meal replacement shakes: bad breath dizziness and tiredness due to your body not getting all its daily nutritional needs also it does not teach the user about portion control of real food which is the most important factor about maintaining  a healthy weight in the long term.

Research online to find examples where Health Fads have caused death or serious illness/injury  complete the following using the information you have collected: 

Health Fad: Diet Pill DNP, Meal Replacement Drinks.  

Person (Name, Age, Gender, photo): Diet Pill DNP: Eloise Parry, 21 female.

Meal replacement drink: Lucy prince,36 female.

Duration of Health Fad: Diet Pills DNP: Overdose of Diet Pills immediate death.

Meal replacemeant drink: She had 1month consumed nothing but the Meal replacement drink. 

Reason for going on Health Fad:Diet Pill DNP: Being over weight struggling with poor self image.

Meal Replacement drink: To lose weight quickly.

Symptoms: Diet Pill DNP: Sped up metabolism to the point where her body boiled from the inside and killing her.

Meal replacement drink: she had a heart attack and then collapsed. 

Did the Health Fad achieve what it claimed in any way?: Diet Pill DNP: No it didn't because it had tragic consequence.

Meal replacement drink: No because it had fatal consequence.

Details of other similar cases:Diet Pill DNP:  A 28 year old male bodybuilder died of a heart attack and kidney failure after drinking a sachet of DNP dissolved in water at his local gym. 

Meal replacement drink: their was no similar cases to what happened with Lucy Prince. 

Complete a mini report that presents information you have gathered from watching Dangerous Fads (Dr Phil).

The report must include the following information and be presented in an easy-to-read and interesting way:

1. Types of Fads in the tv show – including details of each 

Phentermine- pill taken with an appropriate diet and exercise and acts as a appetite suppressant. 

Tanning- you basically you go into the sun with no sun protection at all. 

2. Types of people who normally are involved in these fads and reasons why they want to do these fads- insecure self conscious people. 

3. Side effects: Tanning- life threatening skin cancers can form. Phentermine- vomiting ,insomnia , headaches.

4. Research information on the fads from the show to find more interesting facts to include in your mini report: Tanning-80% of all new cancers diagnosed each year in Australia. Each year, Australians are 4 times more likely to develop a common skin cancer than any other form of cancer. Phentermine- used to be used on some rare occasions as a treatme for ADHD. 

I have learned that some health fads can work an some don't work.

companies get people to try there  fads with puting their fads on tv commercials and subscribing it to people.

Don't eat fried food such as kfc macca's, hungry jacks and red rooster. 

Weae a lot of sunscreen when outside at the beach.