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Crazy diet advice is as American as apple pie Mix and Match Studio / Shutterstock.com
Like many Americans, I have plenty of street cred when it comes to dieting. When I was younger, in pursuit of weight loss I ate grapefruit, gave up fat, gave up all my favorite foods, followed a macrobiotic diet and tried fasting. For a time I even smoked cigarettes to suppress hunger pangs. Such crazy diet advice seems as American as apple pie. Eventually I found that a balanced diet…