Wouldn't you love it if your favourite guilty indulgence could be part of a healthy weight loss plan? Like, say, the cheesecake diet? The triple-meat-extra-cheese pizza diet? Sounds ridiculous, huh? But the ridiculous thing is, someone probably has already thought of it, marketed the idea and made a profit on it.

What, don't believe me? Check out this post on Mark's Daily Apple on the craziest diet ideas. Some of the wackiest ones?

• The alcohol diet, in which you imbibe regularly and frequently, provided you stick to low-carb, clear drinks like vodka and gin.
  
• The chewing diet, in which you chew each piece of your food 32 times and don't swallow it. Apparently, chewing it enough ensures you get the nutrients. Yeah, right.
  
• The cold foods diet, which is based on the idea that you'll lose weight eating cold things because your body will burn calories trying to warm it up. Which means you can eat ice cream -- yay!
  
  

Want to know more? Read the post, and feel free to share any bizarre diet plans you've heard of.