Does Ice Cream, Hot Dog Diet Work? Fat Chance  August 17, 1993
There's a diet going around that promises you'll lose 10 pounds
in three days eating ice cream and hot dogs. The diet is said to
have the backing of the American Heart Association. And if you
swallow that, you'll believe anything.  The bogus plan has
dieters eat an exact menu for three days. It includes five
saltine crackers, two hot dogs, a cup of broccoli and a half-cup
of vanilla ice cream. The dieter then eats "normal food" for
four days and returns to the diet for three days, for as long as
a month.  No way that's good for you, the American Heart
Association says.  "I can't believe very many people would
believe it," says group spokesman John Weeks. "The public is
getting very well informed about nutrition."  Fad diets just
don't work, experts say.  "People have wasted enormous amounts
of time and money on fad diets," says Dr. Neil Stone, a
professor of medicine at Northwestern. His prescription for good
health isn't a quick fix: stick to a