{"id":30101,"date":"2010-09-13T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T21:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=30101"},"modified":"2010-11-01T12:04:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T17:04:11","slug":"the-worst-diets-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/the-worst-diets-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worst Diets of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Low Calorie Diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/the-worst-diets-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30103\" title=\"worst-diets\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/worst-diets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: October 29th, 2026, Judge Rick Brown found Kimkins Diet founder <a title=\"Kimkins Diet Founder Guilty of Fraud, False Advertising\" href=\"..\/10\/kimkins-diet-founder-guilty-of-fraud-false-advertising\/\" target=\"_self\">Heidi Diaz guilty of fraud and false advertising<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Losing weight can be a long difficult process, even though we all know the benefits are numerous. We live in a society that values quick-fixes and instant gratification, and dieting is something that offers neither of these things. People will try all kinds of strange and extreme things to lose weight fast, and we&#8217;ve seen it all. At <a title=\"DietsInReview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/\" target=\"_self\">DietsInReview.com<\/a>, we try to steer people clear of bad diets, <a title=\"fad diets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/videos\/fad-diets\/\" target=\"_self\">fad diets<\/a> and downright dangerous diets. These diets are often ineffective or impossible to sustain. We don&#8217;t want our readers to try anything that&#8217;s a waste of money, a waste of time or even unhealthy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->From scams, like miracle drugs, to dangerous eating plans like the <a title=\"Kimkins\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Kimkins\/\" target=\"_self\">Kimkins<\/a> diet, we&#8217;ve rounded up the worst diets we&#8217;ve come across.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/slideshows\/worst-diets-of-all-time\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/media\/slideshow_images\/worst-diets-of-all-time\/worst-diets-of-all-time-slideshow.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View Worst Diets of All Time Slideshow\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In the end, the best diets are the ones that help you lead a healthier, fuller life. They\u00a0 are not quick fixes, but involve fundamentally changing the way you eat, and even the way you think about food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: October 29th, 2026, Judge Rick Brown found Kimkins Diet founder Heidi Diaz guilty of fraud and false advertising. Losing weight can be a long difficult process, even though we all know the benefits are numerous. We live in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/the-worst-diets-of-all-time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[549,29],"class_list":["post-30101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-fad-diets","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30101"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34128,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30101\/revisions\/34128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}