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Article: Olive oil and sugared water . . . how to lose weight in 2007 DIET BOOKS: FADS AND FACTS DIET BOOKS: FADS AND FACTS Move over Atkins . . . and make way for the Shangri-La diet
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- The Sunday Herald
- Article date:
- December 31, 2006
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CABBAGE soup and cutting carbs are so last year - and a new diet
which recommends drinking sugared water or eating spoonfuls of olive
oil is aiming to become the slimming fad of 2007.
The Shangri-La diet bills itself as "the biggest diet sensation to
come out of America since Atkins". It claims that drinking small
amounts of extra-light olive oil or plain sugar water between meals
helps to control the appetite.
The slimming regime is just one of a number being touted in an
avalanche of new diet books due to be published in January to cash in
on those people determined to shed the pounds they've put on over the
festive season.
The diet book industry has been growing steadily since the ...