Latest diet to hit social media is pure water torture

AS desperate dieters go to extreme lengths to shed the Christmas kilos, experts have taken aim at a deadly diet that bans everything but water, tea and coffee.

With the so-called #waterfast diet becoming a potentially fatal fad via social media, body image and eating disorder advocate Mia Findlay warned “starving” your body was the “most dangerous” way to lose weight. “There are a lot of people who do reviews on these so-called diets, and they say they felt so clearheaded, and they felt like they were reaching this state of nirvana, and (that) is because their bodies are going into starvation mode,” Ms Findlay said.

“I think people do try to dress it up as it’s mentally beneficial when we all know the real purpose of it is to lose weight very, very quickly and in the most dangerous possible way.”

Eating disorder expert Joanne Labiner said “water fasting” risked organ damage and death.