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The
Magic Approach
The magic-theory often incorporates restricted-calorie
starvation diets, pills, hypnosis, pre-packaged
foods, etc. You may remember the infamous liquid-diets,
grapefruit diets, amphetamine diet pills, the Hollywood
Diet, Scarsdale Diet Plans, "fen-phen"
and most recently, the Atkins Diet fad.
The magic theory approach is appealing
because it requires no responsibility. You simply fall into
a "system" and "they" tell
you what to do. You don’t even need to think. (You just
need to suffer). The system has all the answers. And if you
fail, well, then it’s your fault because you
weren’t a good "dieter." The magic-theory has
left millions of people in hopeless despair (and
hungry) in their never-ending quest to be thin.
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