This article enlightens readers on the “Minnesota Starvation Experiment”, a study that has frequently been cited in psychological and nutritional realms to point to the harmful effects of dieting and “semi-starvation”. Participants were conscientious objectors of the war who were “willing to subject themselves to a year-long invasion of privacy, nutritional deprivation, and physical and mental hardship”. The researchers created this study to look at the impact of famine on survivors of the second world war but also learned a lot about how diets impact people psychologically, mentally, emotionally, and relationally. Diets are dangerous, destructive, and not effective. If you need help getting off the diet merry-go-round and finding a way to make peace with your body and food, contact us today.