Even before detox teas.
Fun fact: dieting does not work. And yet, every year, millions of us get on that diet bandwagon, looking for a quick fix. This isn’t a modern thing – it’s a tale as old as time. So let’s look back down the annals of history and try and find out why dieting is so prevalent, and what our ancestors used to do.
Violent exercise, such as running long distances to the point of exhaustion Abstaining from sex while trying to lose weight Sleeping on a plank of wood Frequently making yourself vomit There’s a lot to unpack there. First, let’s all agree that the no sex and whole plank thing are awful ideas. But, more importantly, all that advice is not only ill-advised but incredibly dangerous.
That’s right. A tapeworm. A flat, parasitic worm that lives in your gut and can grow up to 25 meters. Yeah, knowingly ingest a pill to get one of those, so you can lose weight. “It is a woman’s business to be beautiful” It’s because of incidents like this that the Victorian tapeworm fad fell out of fashion. However, it still remains a thing in some forms, with many desperate dieters heading to dark corners of the internet to buy tapeworm pills.
But those weren’t the only diet pills on the market. There were a lot of options! With names like Dr. Gordon’s Elegant Pills, Corpu-slim and even the very simply-named Slim. These also contained incredibly dangerous ingredients, including dinitrophenol, an industrial chemical that can cause blindness, as well as thyroid ‘activating’ chemicals, which often resulted in long-term heart issues.
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