Celebrity Diets - The Dirty Dozen!

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It seems we love to find out what’s been happening in the lives of our favourite celebs, and no less what diet they’ve been following, or how they lost weight so rapidly.

We all know the media is manipulated, but nonetheless we’re still interested!

Unfortunately, in their search to be slim and beautiful more often than not they favour the most stupid, radical, and downright weird diets on the planet!

Lets take a look at the extreme lengths our celebs go to:

#1 Uma Thurman’s Raw Food Diet

This diet gets my number one spot because of it’s complete grossness! The idea is that raw food contains live enzymes which boost energy, these enzymes are destroyed during cooking. The diet is said to extend to raw meat, including beef, venison and duck. Yuk! Really Uma, what were you thinking?

#2 Kate Winslet’s Facial Analysis Diet

In a world where very few things are new, this is pretty ingenious! An analysis is carried out based on the lines, tone, and texture of the face in order to determine dietary and mineral needs, deficiencies and intolerances. Once your facial type has been identified, you can begin one of 9 prescribed eating plans. I love this for it’s sheer innovation, but it is completely stupid!

#3 Reese Witherspoon’s Baby Food Diet

I really like Reese, and I’d love to think she’s much smarter than this crazy diet, but the evidence isn’t looking promising! Apparently, she’s been know to control her calories and portions by eating jars of baby food. We all know that baby food is nutritious…for babies, but let me tell you it isn’t nutritionally complete for adults. Come on, this is ridiculous!

#4 Jennifer Lopez’s Grapefruit Oil “Diet”

Apparently Ms Lopez carries around a vial of grapefruit oil. Why? Well, the aroma is supposed to affect your liver enzymes, activating the nerves, which cause fats to be broken down and burnt off. Erm…sounds utterly ludicrous to me!

#5 Kim Cattrall’s Fish Facelift Diet

I have to admit Kim looks great for her age, but I have a sneaky suspicion it’s more to do with good genes, than this crazy diet. The diet not only promises weight-loss, it also promises a younger looking body. It’s based on the theory that all health problems are caused by “inflammation,” so if salmon is eaten three times a day, inflammation will be combated. Complete rubbish of course - yes, oily fish is good for you, but even healthy foods shouldn’t be consumed in excess!

#6 Sarah-Michelle Gellar’s Cabbage Soup Diet

In this diet cabbage soup forms the bulk of all eating over seven days. It’s claimed you can lose 10 pounds in a week, which of course is unhealthy, unsustainable, and mostly water loss, rather than fat. The soup is also said to be highly unpalatable (anyone surprised by that?). I have however, a sneaky suspicion this diet would do wonders for your bowels!

#7 Beyonce’s Master Cleanse Diet

This is a very scary, and potentially dangerous diet. The cleanse involves drinking only lemonade made from fresh lemon or lime juice, maple syrup, water and Cayenne pepper. No solid foods are eaten for the entire cleanse, which lasts at least 10 days.  Beyonce is reported to have dropped 20 pounds in two weeks on this diet. Honestly, wouldn’t common sense tell you that this is completely and utterly wrong?

#8 Kate Beckinsale’s Sundowner Diet

This diet is simply a re-packaging of the old lie that you shouldn’t eat after 6pm, with the only rule being no carbs after the sun goes down! It’s said that high-calorie foods eaten in the evening get stored up as fat. There’s no evidence for this theory, it’s just a cleaver regurgitation of old news!

#9 Kylie Minogue’s Grapefruit Diet

I was a pretty big Kylie fan when I was younger, especially when she duetted with Jason Donovan - oh the shame! Anyway, these days Kylie is said to keep her petite figure by consuming half a grapefruit before all meals. The theory is that grapefruit contains enzymes, which help speed up the bodies fat burning ability. There is, however, little truth to this.

#10 Victoria Beckham’s ‘Eat Like a Bird’ Diet

Posh seems to change her diet more often than she changes her hair style, which is saying something! She has been reported to live on a diet of soya beans, strawberries, and lettuce, and to drink two pints of algae and a seaweed shake every day. Come on Posh, don’t you know variety is the “spice” of life?

#11 Gwyneth Paltrow’s Macrobiotic Diet

It’s thought that Gwyneth is so extreme in her eating habits that its verging on orthorexia. She’s said to follow an organic and macrobiotic diet, only eating 100% natural foods, with no processed or refined food, meat, fish, eggs or dairy produce. This complicated plan removes entire food groups, never a good sign Gwyne!

#12 Christina Aguilera’s 7-Day Color Diet

This crazy diet and beauty plan is based on eating one colour for each day of the week - white, red, green, orange, purple, yellow, and rainbow. There’s no doubt about it, eating a colourful diet is extremely beneficial for our health, but can someone please tell me why it’s necessary to separate these colours into specific days?

My advice?

When you’re choosing a new diet, opt for something you can stick with, think of it as more of a “lifestyle” plan, rather than yet another yo-yo, faddy diet!

Best wishes!

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