Women are glad to see the back of the cabbage soup diet and celeb workout vids

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THE cabbage soup diet and celebrity home workouts have been named among the biggest health fads – that women are glad to see the back of.

A study of 2,000 women found a host of once-popular food trends – including the baby food diet – are also among the fads they are glad have fallen out of favour.

This is along with fitness trends such as Insanity workouts, hot yoga and the Nintendo Wii Fit.

And it’s not just trends of the 90s and 00s, some women would even like to leave modern trends in the past, including tracking everything via wearable tech and cold-water therapy.

After decades of wellness crazes, 43 per cent of women are now more sceptical about health fads than they used to be, with the biggest reason coming down to women learning that there are no quick wins.

Instead, women are now more likely to simply focus on drinking more water (72 per cent) or just walking more (70 per cent).

TOP 40 HEALTH AND FITNESS TRENDS WOMEN ARE GLAD TO SEE THE BACK OF:

The cabbage soup diet
The baby food diet
The grapefruit diet
SlimFast
The Atkins diet
The Special K diet
Juice cleanses
Celebrity fitness DVDs/ classes
Keto diets
Lemonade diet
Tracking everything via wearable tech
Cold-water baths/ therapy
The caveman diet
Acid/ alkaline diets
Insanity workouts
The Cambridge diet
Intermittent fasting
Biohacking
Paleo diet
High-protein diets
The 5:2 diet
Hot yoga
Pole dance fitness
Boot camp
Six-minute abs
Clean eating
The ThighMaster
Ab rollers
The Nintendo Wii Fit
Peloton
Power/ vibration plates
Spin classes/ SoulCycle
Zumba
Rebounding
Power walking
Tae Bo
CrossFit
Boxercise
Step aerobics
Dancercise

Eating more fruit and vegetables (70 per cent), exercising more regularly (61 per cent) or taking vitamins and supplements (45 per cent) were also among the things women would now rather do.

Melissa Cohen, head of nutrition at Vitabiotics Wellwoman, which commissioned the research, said: “Some of these health fads were staples in years gone by.

“But times have changed and women are now looking at a more holistic approach to wellness and building consistent healthy habits.

“We’ve all had the disappointment of trying something that seemed like a quick fix, and often it is the simpler approaches that see the best results.

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“Simply improving your diet and nutrition, being more active and ensuring you get enough sleep can be all it takes to notice a difference in how you feel.”

The study also found 63 per cent of women can’t imagine trying a health and fitness fad now, with 47 per cent of those more concerned about their overall health and wellbeing than trying a quick-fix trend.

Others feel fads simply don’t work (46 per cent), are more focused on consistent lifestyle changes now (40 per cent) or prefer to rely on more trusted things (30 per cent).

While 73 per cent think women’s approach to health and wellbeing has changed significantly in the last 30 years, as attention has turned to wellness, nutrition, strength and mental wellbeing.

It also emerged 51 per cent of women have tried a wellness and fitness fad or trend, with intermittent fasting (29 per cent), the Slim Fast diet (26 per cent) and step aerobics (23 per cent) the most common.

Zumba (23 per cent), celeb fitness DVDs and videos (22 per cent) and even the Nintendo Wii Fit (21 per cent) have also been popular.

Yet many were left disappointed, with only 51 per cent of those who tried health fads feeling they were even somewhat successful, leaving 21 per cent feeling misled and 20 per cent annoyed.

As a result, 54 per cent think their approach to health and fitness trends has changed as they now focus on a more holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

But more than half (53 per cent) said they felt this way as social media has made it hard to believe everything you see.

The research, carried out via OnePoll, found 62 per cent see their health and wellbeing as “very important”, with two thirds also saying it is more of a focus for them than it was a decade ago.

However, as lives get busier, 62 per cent are looking for a simpler approach to health and wellness, with 50 per cent admitting it is often the first thing they drop when they need more time.