Introduction
| Health fads | Details |
| atkin diet | All you eat is meat and it is a low carb diet |
| Tapeworm diet | the tapeworm eats some of the foods you eat but is deadly for you |
| The cotton ball diet |
It is incredably dangerous for your body and could kill you easily |
| Cow urine | It started in India and it's apparently ment to cure liver cancer |
| fitness and exercise CDs | after buying and trying it most people realize that it doesn't help them and that its to hard to do |
Task
| Atkin diet |
.The Atkin diet is promoted/marketed online through websites on Google. .I think the reason why this health fad would be successful is because you eat foods like nuts and meat. .I think this health fad will be unsuccessful because eating foods like just meat isnt always good for you. |
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The tapeworm diet |
.The tapeworm diet is promoted/marketed online through websites. .I think this health fad might be successful because people might fall for it. .I think this health fad will be unsuccessful because not many people want to have a tapeworm living inside of them. |
| Cotton ball diet |
.The cotton ball diet is promoted/marketed via online websites like Twitter and face book. .I think the reason why this health fad would be sucssessfull is because it is so popular and so many people know about it. .I think the reason this this fad would be unsucessfull is because it is so dangerous for your body and you could get really hurt. |
The diet I'd be most likely to try is the Atkin diet because it is not as bad for your body and would taste the best.
The diet is be least likely to try is the tapeworm diet because I don't want a tapeworm living inside of me for 2 weeks.
Process
| Health fad: | Cryogenic chamber |
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Person: |
Name: Chelsea Patricia, age: 24, gender: Female |
| Duration of health fad: | Its unknown how long she was in the chamber |
| Reason for going on health fad: | To ease pain and lose weight |
| Symptoms: | Suffocation |
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Did the health fad achieve what it was claiming in any way?: |
Yes |
| Details of any other cases: | |
| Health fad: | Tapeworm diet. |
| Person: | Name: loma woman, age: Unknown, gender: female |
| Duration of health fad: | Usually around 2 weeks |
| Reason of going on health fad: | To lose weight fast |
| Symptom: | Headache, constipation, nausea, bloating And weakness. |
| Did the health fad achieve what it was claiming in any way?: | Yes |
| Details of any other cases: |
Evaluation
Tanning booth - tanning booths are used to darken your skin.
The types of people who Normally are involved in this health fads are young females and the reason why is because they want to look good.
The risk of using of tanning booths are skin cancer and premature wrinkles.
Thirty-five percent of American adults, 59 percent of college students, and 17 percent of teens have reported using a tanning bed in their lifetime.
Phentermine - Phentermine is a powerrful drug used to speed weight loss.
The types of people who are normaly involved in this health fad are people that want to loose weight fast.
The side affects of using this drug are sickness and mood changes.
Phentemine was made in 1960
Conclusion
Name: Gwyneth Paltrow, fad info: The macrobiotic diet can be harmful and can lead to osteopenia which is a illness that can lead to a serious bone disease called osteoporosis.
Name: Megan fox, fad info: The Paleo Diet consists of foods people in the Paleolithic era would of survived on like grass, meats, fish, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Name: Beyoncé, fad info: The maple syrup diet consists of mixing syrup, lemon juice, water and cayenne pepper. And you can apparently loose about 1½ stone in 2 weeks
Credits
Throughout this task I have learnt to not trust all that I hear about health trends or health fads.
The ways companies get people to try there various health fads are by getting popular websites or people to say good and positive things about the fads.
If I could design a better strategy for good health outcomes that would work over a long term would be a diet were you eat only organic foods.