A new diet fad claims that replacing one meal a day with mushrooms will help women shed fat, but only in certain parts of the body -- the waist, hips and thighs -- but not the bust.
The two-week diet, called the M Plan, according to the Daily Mail, has been touted by celebrities such as Kelly Osbourne and Katy Perry.
Experts say that there's nothing magical about mushrooms -- replacing one meal a day with any vegetable would help a person lose weight, said Katherine Tallmadge, a registered dietitian, and op-ed contributor to LiveScience. [Lose Weight Smartly: 7 Little-Known Tricks that Shave Pounds]
And the claim about selective weight loss doesn't hold up to science. "There's no evidence that any diet ... will help you lose weight in a particular spot," Tallmadge said.