Introduction
| Health Fads | Details |
| Apple Cider Vinegar and Water |
In 1820 Lord Byron started drinking apple cider vinegar and water mixed together he thought that this would decrease the amount of illness in his body. |
| Grapefruit Diet | Around the 1930's The Grapefruit diet aka the Hollywood diet was to have grapefruit with every meal. This was supposed to burn fat. Hollywood actors would use this for movies. |
| Cabbage Soup Diet | Cabbage soup was popular around the 1950's this was believed that you would loose 4-6kgs in 1 week. Celebrities and Fitness gurus would try this diet. |
| Tapeworm Diet | In the mid 1950's an Opera singer lost about 29kgs by swallowing a tapeworm parasite. This has never been made as true but it is an urban legend. |
| Master Cleanse Diet | In 2006 Master cleanse was used by Beyonce, which is a mixture of hot water, Lemon juice, Maple syrup and cayenne pepper. This has believed to lose about 9- 10kg over a period of weeks. |
Task
1. The Grapefruit Diet was promoted in magazines where health guru's tell all the new healthy diet/meals that celebrities consume. Beyonce Knowles was reported to have started a new diet called the Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet. Once this roumor came out everyone was trying it. The tapeworm diet this had its own advertisement online and in America on T.V started by a professional doctor it said on the package "no exercise, dieting or surgery." Which promoted it very well.
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3. These Fads all would have a high chance of many customers because of the type of vocabulary they have used and the way they don't say anything negative about the product.
4. Also these Fads can all have a high chance to flop in sales because sometimes people will research about a product and how it affects/changes your body. Most of the time products don't exactly say every important detail that can cause damage physically or mentally towards yourself.
5. I myself would personally choose the Grapefruit diet because it is not a mixture of items but it's a fruit that is grown by farmers not scientists
6. I would hate to try the tapeworm diet because it could make you very sick, even if I lost weight I would be very ill and would probably be at home vomiting because a massive tapeworm was in my stomach.
7. The bad thing about the grapefruit diet, is that eating grapefruit every single day for every meal would get u tired of it, sometimes people will vomit if they have too much of one thing. The worst thing for the master cleanse diet would be in my opinion, there is really nothing amazing about it, it involves fasting but only living on this and only this mixture alone. Least but certainly not least the tapeworm diet, this diet in my view is the worst of these three because on the package it doesn't even say there is a high risk of sickness/illness from this diet, the fact that even consider putting a tapeworm in your stomach is crazy.
1st Picture (on left): Grapefruit Diet on Womans Magazines
2nd Picture (centre): The Master Cleanse Diet promoted on tv ads
3rd Picture (right): Tapeworm Diet Package promoted on Tv
Process
| Health Fad | Chubby Bunny |
| Person | Catherine Fish, 12, Female (no picture found) |
| Duration of Health Fad | Few Minutes |
| Reason for going on Health Fad | Popular Worldwide Trend |
| Symptoms | Death after choking on four marshmallows |
| Did the Health Fad achieve what it claimed in any way? | No because she didnt get anything out of choking on marshmallows. She sacrificed herself doing something dumb. |
| Details of similar cases | People unconscious, in hospitals trying to remove marshmallows or even worse cotton balls. |
| Health Fad | Planking |
| Person | Acton Beale, 20, Male (picture below) |
| Duration of Health Fad | No recorded information |
| Reason for going on Health Fad | Popular internet trend |
| Symptoms | Death |
| Did the Health Fad achieve what it claimed in any way? | Yes because he caught attention across Australia, but no because it caused his own life doing something irresponsible |
| Details of other similar cases | People have been injured around rib cage hurting themselves on rough surfaces |
Acton Beale (Below)
Evaluation
Dr. Phil Mini Report
Sun Tanning
Sun Tanning is where you lay down in the sun for a very long time on purpose. It may look good but damages your skin.
During the documentary two ladies were brought into the show. These two ladies were both sun addicts (too much time in sun). They had a crazy idea in their mind that they had to start tanning to make themselves look more beautiful. They crazy thing though is that you sometimes have to get surgery or a facelift to fix some major damage to their own body (big hole in face). Some cases of sun damage can cause skin cancer. The weird thing is that your not supposed to use a tanning bed before the age of 35, if you do then you have a 75% of developing meloma (worst case of skin cancer). Many countries have made it illegal to be in a tanning bed before 18, some countries have even banned indoor tanning due to warnings from doctors. Tanning is very addictive and is recommended by doctors not to do.
Phentermine Pills
Phentermine is a type of Stimulant, that people use to drop weight. You may drop weight but the side affects are too much to deal with especially for friends and family.
On the show, a lady was brought to tell about her story of taking Phentermine pills. She was so worried about her weight, Phentermine pills took that off. People look at themselves as over weight, but they try to do it as a shortcut. The average dose of use is about 3 months, the lady on Dr. Phil used it to a whopping 9 months. Doctors say that Phentermine is very addictive to the point where you will break. This Lady's husband said, " she would snap easily and be very mean, moody, aggrivated and more." She said herself she would get no sleep sometimes if she took the pill in the afternoon. No chemical trial has ever been tested on these pills. Many heartattacks have occured with people that take too many pills (too much energy can't cope)
Conclusion
Credits
I have learnt so much, before this presentation I didn't even know what a health fad was. I learnt that fads aren't just diets they can be various things like a popular trend around. Sometimes they are bad though and can have horrible consequences.
Companies promote fads on T.V. They write on the packages with motivational words that affect people with a good way. They only write down benefits about the fad no negative comments are written.
In my opinion, I would have a fad with many types of vitamins with a healthy exercise regime. Normally an average diet doesn't work that well without a exercise plan. I would make a fad similar to lite n easy but not exactly the same, the food wouldn't be average it would more funky. It will also have great tips on sleeping and hacks that are great to try. There will be a monthly package of new tips and hacks.