World’s weirdest diet

Being thin has become an obsession people since old times. People willing to do anything to lose weight, even the most absurd though. Here is a list of all the world’s weirdest diet of various ages. Remember, don’t try this at home!

1727: Stay away from the swamp

In 1727, Thomas Short wrote a thesis about how overweight people tend to live near the swamp. Her advice, overweight people who have to move to drier areas to avoid the effects of marsh life. It is probably not the best diet strategy, but at least the suggestion choosing the right housing

1800: Famine

In the mid-19th century, middle class and aristocratic circles of Western Europe alive in famine in order to meet the standards of thinness Victorian era, which is associated with purity and femininity.

1820: Diet vinegar

Poet who suffered anorexia and bulimia, Lord Byron, vinegar diet popularized in 1820. To cleanse himself, he would drink lots of vinegar and water every day, plus a glass of tea with a raw egg. The effect is vomiting and diarrhea. No wonder he was so skinny.

1903: Just chew

An art dealer Horace Fletcher of San Francisco known as the ‘King of Chewing’ after successfully losing 20 pounds to chew … and do not swallow. After getting too skinny, he changed his methods to be chewed 32 times and then dispose of the waste. According to Horace, his body will absorb the nutrients needed without adding weight.

1925: Diet cigarettes

It’s hard to imagine that cigarettes are used as a diet, but in the past, some companies promote cigarette smoking can reduce hunger. An advertisement for Lucky Strike and even reads “Turn on Lucky and you’ll never miss sweets that make you fat.”

1928: Diet of meat and fat

North polar explorer, Vilhjalmur Stefánsson very impressed with the healthiness of the Inuit despite only eating caribou meat, raw fish, and rarely eat vegetables or fruit. Stefánsson claimed he had tried this diet and prove its effectiveness. Doctors checked his health for several months and he was declared healthy.

Beginning the year 1930: Soaps slimming

Remove fat with water? It sounded so beautiful! In early 1930, appears the product as “Fatoff,” “Fat-O-NO” and “La-Mar Reducing Soap” that can make the wearer menglaim thin with only a shower. However, this soap did not have a magic spell. They’re just regular soap from potassium chloride and other materials.

1954: Diet tapeworm

You may be disgusted by parasitic worms that live in the intestines and absorb nutrients from the body. But for some people, this is actually used as a way to weight loss. A group of people started eating the worm cysts in order to eat without getting fat. Side effects including tapeworms maintain that the worms can grow in the yards of the intestines, causing meningitis or dementia.

1960: Diet sleep

The logic behind this diet is: You do not eat when you sleep. So if you sleep more, your weight will drop. Followers of this diet (such as Elvis Presley) will try to sleep for days to lose weight.

1980-2000: Diet breath

Most diets recommend us to reduce certain foods, like meat, kabohidrat or sugar. But diet breath demanded his followers to leave EVERYTHING. You should only eat air. Diet breath believe if humans live in harmony, then you no longer need food or sleep.

2000: Diet eye

Ever noticed how many fast food restaurants use red and yellow in their logos? That said, the color stimulates appetite. Instead of blue is able to reduce appetite. A Japanese company, created a bluish colored glasses diet that makes food look unattractive and makes you not want to eat.

2000: ear pinning

Method suppress appetite by clipping the inner ear cartilage is based on Chinese acupuncture, where needles left on the ear for one week. Then the clamps are left behind during the six weeks to three months, after that your body will get used and lose their effectiveness. This method has not proven effective, in fact it can cause infection and ear damage.

2000: Diet cotton

Who needs to eat if the cotton is not calorie can make you full? Followers of this diet to eat it dry, or dyed gelatin. Cotton fibers contain many, unfortunately, not the fiber of human needs.


Natural Skin White Masks with Kiwi

Get Natural White Skin

Not only delicious to eat, the kiwi was also effective for skin beauty. The content of vitamin E in kiwi nutritious moisturizes the skin surface layer so as to lighten the skin and make it more smoothly.

As quoted from the book ‘Health Secrets of kiwifruit’, vitamin E can protect cells and membranes to prevent collagen damage caused by ultraviolet rays. High content of vitamin E and other nutrients in it, kiwi also be used as facial masks for skin health native New Zealand. The result, despite frequent exposure to sunlight, native of New Zealand’s skin is always smooth.

Here are recipes sniper beauty masks, from kiwi fruit:

1. For dry skin

How To: Mix 1 tablespoon kiwi juice, with 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 egg yolk. Spread across the entire face. Let stand for 15 minutes. Clean with a sponge, and feel the benefits. In addition to blood circulation, this mask can also be useful smoothing, menutrisi and soothe the skin.

2. For all skin types

How To: Blend 1 kiwi fruit, mix with 2 tablespoons plain yogurt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 tablespoon almond oil, and 1 cup of carrots that have been mashed. Stir all ingredients until a smooth paste. Apply on face and leave to dry. Clean by washing your face using cold water. Menutrisi and its benefits can make the skin more relaxed.

3. For oily skin

How To: Put ½ kiwi fruit, plain yogurt 15 ml, 5 ml of skim milk, 5 ml of honey, 5 ml of fine oatmeal, 1 drop petitgrain essential oil, and 1 drop of lavender oil into the blender. Blend all ingredients until a smooth liquid.

Apply the mixture to the face and neck with cotton. Massage gently, rinse and finish with toner and moisturizer. Can you feel the benefits of the herb mask is able to cool and cleanse the skin. Apply this mask whenever needed, and soon after made disposable.

4.Untuk cleansing mask

How to: Destroy one kiwi fruit, then lumurkan to face. If the skin feels pinched-pinched, it means that the organic acid content in the kiwi was at work. Wash the face after 15 minutes. Then cleaned using any tonic. Then, apply a face cream that you normally wear. Benefits that you can get from this herb is able to cleanse the skin and tightens large pores.

5.Untuk slough off dead skin

How to: use a blender to crush 5-6 strawberries, 1 kiwi fruit, ½ cucumber peeled skin. Blend all ingredients until a thin paste. If too watery, add a teaspoon of oatmeal until thickened.

Apply on face and neck. Massage gently to gently exfoliating. Leave it for 50-10 minutes. Clean with warm water. Benefits that you can get, can cleanse and refresh skin.