In a 1977 issue of Vogue, this was presented as a “practical” method to drop 5 pounds in just three days—three daily meals centered largely on eggs, black coffee, and, astonishingly, an entire bottle of white wine. Known as the Wine and Egg Diet, this extreme regimen appeared in the Vogue Body and Beauty Book in 1977 and was originally popularized by Helen Gurley Brown in her 1962 bestseller Sex and the Single Girl. It claimed participants could lose five pounds in just three days on a tightly restricted plan of about 1,100 calories per day—nearly half of them coming from alcohol. The daily menu was stark. Breakfast consisted of a hard-boiled egg, a glass of dry white wine (often recommended as Chablis), and black coffee. Lunch called for two eggs, two more glasses of white wine, and black coffee. Dinner allowed a five-ounce grilled steak seasoned only with black pepper and lemon juice, the remainder of the wine bottle, and—once again—black coffee. Today, health experts caution that the diet is severely unbalanced, virtually fiber-free, and poses risks such as dehydration and liver strain due to its heavy reliance on alcohol and caffeine. Though it has resurfaced in recent years as a viral meme, any short-term weight loss is largely attributed to extreme calorie restriction and water loss rather than sustainable fat reduction.(Historic Vids)