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Eat like a baby. Cook like a caveman. Snack on one color of the rainbow each day of the week.

These habits belong to some of the viral diets that celebrities from Beyonc to Taylor Swift have sworn by.

Oddly enough, some of these eating plans contain nuggets of wisdom that could help you lose weight. Still, the bigger danger with any diet is that it sets us up for unhealthy habits we can't maintain, says Andy Bellatti, a registered dietitian and the cofounder of Dietitians for Professional Integrity.

"I know many people whove gone on some kind of crash diet for a week and lose a bunch of weight and a few months later theyre back to square one."

With that in mind, here's the dirt on the strangest viral diets along with some science-backed wisdom about what actually works if you want to lose weight and keep it off.

The hype:Actresses including Jennifer Aniston, Kirsten Dunst, and Gwyneth Paltrow, haveall reportedly done the pH or "Alkaline" diet, which advocates swappingso-called acid-forming foods like meat, fish,dairy,and grains with alkalineones like fruits, nuts, beans, and vegetables.

The truth:The diet is based on the misleading idea thatyoucan change your bloodpHwith food. While the pH of thestomach is acidic, theblood is slightly alkaline, something the food you eatcan't change. Still, onepositive partof the dietis that itadvocates eating morefruits and veggies, something most dietitians agree we should all be doing.

The hype:Beyonc reportedly used the Master Cleanseto slim downbefore the movie "Dreamgirls." The cleanse involves drinking a lemon juice-based mixtureto allegedly clean out thesystem and speedweight loss.

The truth:Any diet that's based around the idea of detoxing is probably bogus, since our bodies naturally detoxify themselves.

The hype:Singer Tim McGraw sticks to a paleo diet, a meal plan free ofdairy, legumes, refined sugar, alcohol, andgrains.

The truth:The US News and World Report ranks the paleo diet 36 out of 38 diets, saying that it can be tough to follow andis somewhat "nutritionally incomplete."

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