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The Origin of the Scarsdale Diet
36:04 - 41:20 (05:15)
The Scarsdale Diet, one of the first low-carb diets was created in 1978. It was based on a single paragraph in an article in the New York Times, and its origins can be traced back to a vice-president of Bloomingdale's who lost 20 pounds in 19 days after being shown the diet by the owner of a fish restaurant.
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The Scarsdale diet originated from a single paragraph article in the New York Times in 1978, in which a Bloomingdale's Vice President lost 20 pounds in 19 days from the diet and claimed he was never hungry or tired.
36:04 - 38:56 (02:51)
Summary
The Scarsdale diet originated from a single paragraph article in the New York Times in 1978, in which a Bloomingdale's Vice President lost 20 pounds in 19 days from the diet and claimed he was never hungry or tired. The diet plan consisted of a seven-day meal plan to be repeated for two weeks, and it became popular during a time when fad diets were embraced by many.
ChapterThe Origin of the Scarsdale Diet
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PodcastMaintenance Phase
The diet industry uses subtle ways to market their products as easy and simple when in reality, the diets are extremely restrictive.
38:56 - 41:20 (02:24)
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The diet industry uses subtle ways to market their products as easy and simple when in reality, the diets are extremely restrictive. They profit off turning these diets into books that are hundreds of pages long.