We've all been told to drink eight glasses of water daily, that juicing is uber healthy, and that juice fasts will strip away the pounds. The question is, "Do these statements hold water?" Yes, the pun was intended.

In this week's premiere of The Jenny Isenman Show, my guests "The Nutrition Twins," authors of The Secret to Skinny, talk juicing, juice fasts, energy drinks, smoothies, and teas that are touted as "the next best thing." Are they healthy? Do they do what they promise? Are they worth the extra dough? Will they cure my lack of energy, cellulite, aging, cravings, [insert said claim here]?

Watch the episode after the jump! We talk about:

Dear tabloids everywhere: There's a story you keep telling over and over again, and it depresses the hell out of me. It goes something like this. Woman appears to gain weight. Woman goes out in public. Tabloids take unflattering photos and shame her. Ooh, fat fatty! Woman disappears, diets, and comes back thinner. We love her again! Redeemed through weight loss.

Take food personality Nigella Lawson. Remember last summer when she showed up at the beach in a burkini and everyone was like, "OMG, what a COW!" Yeah, a proud moment for us all. For the record, The Stir said Nigella was gorgeous and didn't need to hide her curves under a tent.

Well it's time for the "redemption" portion of this saga -- Nigella was recently seen "showing off her incredible weight loss." Jessica Simpson, are you paying attention?

1. Shock & Denial. This is not my body. This is NOT my body. These are not my boobs, this is not my ass, these are not my thighs. No, no, no. This is not happening.

FAT! It's the most dreaded thing you can call a woman. It can crush her self-image quicker than any other insult, including the c-word and b-word.

Well if British politicians have their way, using that confidence-killing insult will become a hate crime. Yes. An actual hate crime. A parliament committee on body image recommended putting "appearance-based discrimination" right up there with race and sexual discrimination.

The New York Times recently reported on the latest extreme dieting measure that brides are using in order to lose weight fast for the big day.

Called the K-E Diet, the brides-to-be (and, as you can see above, plenty of non-brides as well) have a tube inserted through their nose and down into their esophagus. Dieters are fed a liquid diet through that tube for up to ten days.

THE WHAT?!

Would you try this diet?

French women are known for being thin (they have to be to wear French fashions) -- the reason for this is that they pay a lot of attention to what they're putting into their mouths.

Not so long ago, the French gave us the Dukan Diet, a strict diet regime that's rumored to be used by Kate Middleton to keep her slim figure. Now, the latest diet craze in France is even weirder. It's called ...

Le Forking.