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The Diets That Time Forgot

Date: 18 April 2008
Tags: Victorian, hypnosis, Weight-loss-Program, Websites-to-Visit, Edwardian, exercise, Weight Loss, Britain, Banting Diet, Lulu Diet, Chew Chew Diet, healthy diet, Channel 4, eating habits

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If you get a chance and want to see me on TV then check me out on Tuesday night on Channel 4 at 9:00pm, on the last of a six part series called. The Diets That Time Forgot.

Many people don't realize that diets are not a recent invention and in this unique historic experiment, nine volunteers spent 24 days testing the weight loss diets and fitness regimes that were popular in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods and the 'roaring' Twenties.

This six-part series examined which plan worked best. Is it the Banting diet, first published in 1863, the 'chew chew' diet of the early 1900s, or the first calorie counting Lulu diet, one of the best selling non-fiction publications of the 1920s? Tune in and see how they got on and how much weight they lost.

I work with the volunteers during the last few days of this unique experiment. I show them how to use the power of mind and hypnosis techniques.

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Funny, I signed up yesterday after picking up 'Slim at Home' magazine - yet another diet magazine to add to my collection - sigh! And I tuned into the TV programme, and saw you on it. I took it as a sign, especially as the people on the show seemed genuinely to have changed their attitudes towards food. It was a very encouraging programme. Well done to all who took part.

# By Sarah | 23/04/08 10:30

Hi Sarah and thanks for your kind words. Let us know how you are get on and take good care.
Pete

# By peter cohen | 23/04/08 15:44

Sounds very interesting. I didn't realise diets aren't new - I kind of just thought people used to eat whatever they could get their hands on or whatever food was traditional in their family, without much thought into it's health properties.

# By Lady G | 27/04/08 12:25

one things for sure though DIETS don't really work and the secret to losing weight and keeping it is breaking old habits and taking on new ones that help you lose weight but more importantly keep it off.
Good luck Lady G and let us know how you get on.

# By peter cohen | 27/04/08 20:33

I have been on the Chew Chew Diet since 3/27/08 and have lost 38 pounds. I am following it according to the book Horace Fletcher wrote, "How I Became Young at Sixty". It really works. I eat whatever I like but I am eating a lot less, about 20 minutes of chewing and I'm full.