Introduction
| Breatharian diet |
people would give up food and water and insist they could live on fresh air and sunlight alone. |
| Eating clay | Said to, 'cleanse the body of dangerous minerals', but lacks iron and calcium that our bodies need to keep healthy and active. |
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Juicing |
Making every solid food into a smoothie is said to give our digestive system a rest, but in truth it just weakens it. |
| The Bombshell Regimen. Ummmm? | lift weights for 10 minutes every day. Also have a high-protein diet. For Breakfast, have Raw eggs whipped in warm milk. |
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Leech Therapy |
Put leeches on yourself to reduce bleeding during operation. Personaly, weirdest thing I've ever heard, and the most disgusting. |
| Baby food diet | Eat only baby food. But I know for a fact that baby food has not nearly enough protein for the average adult. |
Task
How is each fad promoted/marketed?
Find an example advertisement for one of the fads and insert into this worksheet
Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be successful
Explain why you think the promotion/marketing of these fads would be unsuccessful
Which of the 3 fads you selected would you be most likely to try and WHY?
Which of the 3 fads would you be least likely to try and WHY?
What are the negative side effects for each?
1. Leech therapy:
2. Breatharian diet
3. juicing
Process
| Health fad | breatharian diet |
| Person(name,age,gender,photo) |
Verity Linn |
| Duration of health fad | 21 days |
| Reason for going on health fad | she was refusing to eat or drink in the belief it would 'spiritually cleanse' her body and 'recharge her both physically and mentally'. |
| Symptoms | She died |
| Did the health fad achieve what it claimed in any way? | No it just killed her |
| Details of any similar cases | A woman died because she tried the diet and was found dead. |
| Health fad | cryotherapy |
| Person(name,age,gender,photo) |
Chelsea Patricia Ake-Salvacion |
| Duration of health fad | She accidentaly locked herself in the cryotherapy chamber and was found frozen solid rock hard |
| Reason for going on health fad | She didn't go on the fad she just ran the business that they did cryotherapy in. |
| Symptoms | Found rock hard frozen solid |
| Did the health fad achieve what it claimed in any way? | No she died |
| Details of any similar cases | Search her up on the Internet. |