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Hollywood Quick Diets

Quick diets typically tout abnormally high weight loss in a short period of time -- such the loss of 20 pounds in two weeks -- and are particularly popular with women seeking to shed pounds quickly. These fast-result touting diets are controversial, and many nutrition and diet experts disqualify their long-term effectiveness.

  1. The Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet

    • The makers of the Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet sell a pre-made drink made of fruits, which the makers claim detoxes the body. The diet consists of this liquid fast for two days (and if followed as instructed, dieters should consume less than 600 calories per day of the drink). After the second day, dieters are instructed to supplement the fruit drink with small amounts of fruits and vegetables for the remaining two weeks, accompanied by eight glasses of water per day.

    Grapefruit Diet

    • Dieters on the grapefruit diet consume 1,000 calories each day. For two weeks, dieters are instructed to eat a grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice at each meal with small amounts of other foods as desires -- minus any sugary or starchy foods. The diet creators recommend sticking with high-protein foods sch as bacon, hard-boiled eggs or vegetables. The grapefruit diet has grown in popularity due to unproven claims that grapefruit enzymes promote fat burning more than other fruits.

    Three-Day Diet

    • The Three-Day Diet has gained popularity due to claims that dieters can lose up to 10 pounds in three days by following a strict diet of foods that work together to burn the maximum amount of calories. Dieters follow these food restrictions for three days -- which include proteins such as peanuts and beef and vegetables -- and then take a four-day break before starting up another three-day cycle.

    Scarsdale Diet

    • Similar to the Atkins diet, the Scarsdale diet embodies a high-protein, low-carb intake for two weeks -- and touts a possible loss of 20 pounds over the two-week duration. During the two weeks, dieters are instructed to consume under 1,000 calories per day of predominantly lean meats and small amounts of veggies.

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