It makes me sad to see this comment here. This is precisely how pseudoscience sells and proliferates: subjective attribution of all success to the hyped bunk.<p>Quirk diets work because adherents accidentally get the calorie balance in the right direction by limiting&#x2F;changing dietary habits. It&#x27;s not the quirk, which might maybe contribute a tiny effect if it&#x27;s not entirely bogus in principle. Yet people hail, &quot;The diet works! The guru was right! All hail the Guru!&quot;<p>Ask and you&#x27;ll hear the exact same refrain for homeopathy, acupuncture, rhino horn powder, shark fin soup, albino body parts, ...