Dieting has been around for centuries, and some of history's most memorable diets are quite strange. Fad diets promise quick results with minimal effort; and they're often downright weird. The diets ...

The Beverly Hills Diet was a buzz-worthy weight loss craze in the '80s that promised quick results but sparked plenty of controversy. Here's why it didn't last.

Take a poll of Americans today and you’re likely to find a lot of confusion about how to eat for good health. In fact, in a survey published in 2017, nearly two-thirds of younger Americans said they ...

While social media may make it seem like wellness hacks are more prominent than ever, researchers, celebrities, and publishers have been formulating and advertising diet trends for decades. The speed ...

Eddie Murphy's model daughter, Bria Murphy, talked about this extreme form of dieting in the modeling industry. She told Good Morning America that she's heard of people eating cotton balls with orange ...

Proponents claim the 3-day fruit diet can help to cleanse your body. Learn what the diet involves and what evidence, if any, supports its use.

You know the story: You adopt a fad diet, lose a lot of weight, feel great, and then discover when you return to your old eating habits that you’re gaining fast. Soon you’re fatter than you were ...