General Motors reportedly developed the GM Diet to help its
employees lose weight and feel healthier. GM is said to have collaborated on
the diet with both the Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of
Agriculture and that it was first used in field tests at Johns Hopkins Research
Center in 1985.
This approach to weight loss—also known as “the cabbage soup
diet” and “the Sacred Heart diet”—has been popular ever since.
This plan is said to work on the principle that the foods
you eat will burn more calories than the amount of energy (calories) they
provide for the body to store in the form of fat. People have reported losses
of between 10 and 17 lbs per week on this plan.
While there is no evidence online that concludes that
General Motors is the actual source of this plan (see this op-ed piece in the
New York Times), there are plenty of reports of success by people who have done
the plan.
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