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Viral Diet Trends

The fact-check focuses on debunking viral diet trends and their medical credibility, highlighting the role of social media influencers and the lack of scientific evidence supporting these trends.

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Jan 20, 2026

Which viral diet trends have been wrongly attributed to medical personalities, and how were those attributions debunked?

Social platforms and charismatic "medical" personalities have been credited with launching and popularizing a range of viral diet trends—from celery-juice miracle claims to extreme fasting regimens—an...