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Any of the 'fad' diets. No, carbs aren't evil. Protien isn't evil. You didn't magically lose weight by "not eating carbs". You lost weight because you cut out an entire food group from your diet - you were eating less. Otherwise just known as dieting. Make it easier on yourself and just limit your calorie intake. That's pretty much it.
You can eat pizza and still be dieting. You may be eating 1 slice for an entire meal because it's just a calorie dump, but you can do it.
I always love it when fad diets make it into non-food related products, and you get Atkins socks or whatever.
Or better yet when a fad diet happens and foods that never had whatever evil ingredient in the first place add "Now Oxygen Free" or whatever branding. My favorite was the explosion of "suddenly" gluten-free cider.
And on the flipside, there are those that aren't actually what they say.
For example, my local store has "vegan turkey" right now, supposedly a meatless turkey alternative, but it still has quite a bit of animal product in it.
Goes to show what a difference it makes while also screwing up the market.