7 Of the oddest weight-loss schemes of the past were also unhealthy

 Here are seven of the strangest — and often unhealthy — strategies for getting thin.

1. Smoking instead of snacking.
A 1928 advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes said, “Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet,” until the confection industry threatened legal action. In 1930, the ad was rewritten to say, “We do not represent that smoking Lucky Strike Cigarettes will bring modern figures or cause the reduction of flesh.

2. Speed pills to suppress your appetite.
Amphetamines were first prescribed after World War II. They generally were discontinued in 1979 when addiction and the potential for abuse became better known. Amphetamines were used on the battlefields during the war to help sleep-deprived soldiers stay awake and alert.

3. A diet ‘candy’ with an unfortunate name. Then there was Ayds, a fudgelike candy that was designed to be taken before meals as an appetite suppressant. First introduced in the 1950s, Ayds grew in popularity for the next 20 years.

4. All junk food, all the time.
Also known as the “Twinkie diet,” this approach — more of an experiment than a serious diet — was tried by Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, in 2010.

5. Grapefruit.
Sometimes called “the Hollywood 18-day diet,” or just the grapefruit diet, this plan, which has existed in some form since the 1930s and had a resurgence in the 1980s, restricted food to almost nothing but grapefruit and maybe a hard-boiled egg.

6. The tapeworm cure.
Khloé Kardashian might have been joking when she said, “I would do anything to get a tapeworm” to help her lose weight, but Victorian women took this approach seriously and even some contemporary dieters have tried it. The concept is that a tapeworm living in the intestines consumes calories that might otherwise feed the human host.

7. A spoonful of vinegar.
The “apple vinegar cider weight-loss diet” saw a boost in popularity a couple of years ago. The idea is to take a couple of teaspoons of the vinegar, diluted by water, before a meal, which advocates say induces weight loss by decreasing appetite and even reducing insulin levels.
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