Slim in three days? With the New Year approaching, stacks of magazines will soon promise quick weight loss again. Here is a critical look at the diet arsenal coming soon to a glossy publication near you.

The journalistic yo-yo effect will occur with great reliability at the turn of the year. If readers of women's and people magazines are fed with the best vanilla croissant recipes, tips for a successful roast or a cozy wine evening by the fireplace in November and December, the holidays will be relentless. Like emaciated gymnastics teachers, the editorial offices will call on the fight against the pounds. The ritual diet titles of the magazines at the beginning of the year will be hard to escape. Besides all the other diets, promising you your dream body, you’re bombarded with during the rest of the year.

This year, instead of hunger artists, magicians were at work. After all, they promise true miracles - and in no time at all. "Lose 16 pounds in three days" announces Women’s World, “with Dr. Oz’s Detox Water Plan”. Fox News is even faster and offers a "flat stomach in 48 hours". HuffPost and Eatthis are flexible in terms of time ("It works before and after the holidays"), but they also show "how easy the path to your dream figure can be". Women’s Health Mag, mother of all diet gossip papers, will also "simply & individually accompany you to your desired weight", but the already with many life decisions overtaxed modern woman needs to decide for the "new high protein/flexi diet" between Keto or comfort food and eight select transformation plans…and the buff dudes at Men’s Health promise the guys their dream bod as long as they stick to their macros…phew!

This is visibly exhausting and thus against the trend, because today's women hardly seem to have to work hard to lose weight. Only more ethical publishers like Time Magazine or the New York Times demand a little more effort from their...Read More
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