Think twice before you bite into extreme diets that claim to work wonders

Extreme diets that test your body and your resolve often claim to work wonders, but think twice before you bite into them

Instagram and Facebook have decided to place age restrictions on diet-related content. Posts about diet products, cosmetic surgery and celebrity endorsements that promote fit teas and varied seeds will all fall in this protected category. Instead of burdening the young and the impressionable under-18s with ideas of what their bodies should look like, the social media giants wish to create a body-positive environment, one that advocates health and not a number on the weighing scale.  

But there are those who swear by diets and dieticians – many of whom have become social media influencers propagating healthy lifestyles, food guides and