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Diet
Secrets of Hollywood Stars
By
Dr J.K.Tukra
Oh, did I ever know that headline
would get your attention.
Okay, are you really, really ready for the real, true,
honest dirt? The complete truth about Hollywood diet
secrets? I promise you, this is the real deal, and I'm
going to back it up with hard evidence, so get set to
take notes. Here's the real, serious-business truth
about the dieting secrets of the Hollywood stars:
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There are none.
Want proof? I compiled the following from recent interviews
and articles on the dieting 'secrets' of Hollywood stars: Alicia
Silverstone is a vegan. Joan Lunden eats fruit. Jennifer Anniston
is on ”. Diane Sawyer does the . Heather Locklear likes
McDonald's and French fries. Jennifer Lopez eats eight mini-meals.
Claudia Schiffer sips green tea. Patricia Heaton eats lots of
dairy. Melanie Griffith drinks smoothies. Demi Moore eats lots
of protein. Nia Peeples shuns protein. Kelly Preston eats oatmeal
and bagels. In other words, as the brilliant writer William
Goldman once said about Hollywood: 'Nobody knows anything.'
In fact, the only remotely sensible statement I found anywhere
in researching this column was one by Sarah Michelle Gellar,
who basically said, 'Look, it's crazy for people to try to be
as thin as we are. We have personal trainers and personal chefs.
It's our job to look this way.'
Even then, folks, it isn’t easy. Check out some of those
'candid' photos of the stars when they're not made up and done
up and dressed up and are just relaxing on the beach, not realizing
they're being stalked by some paparazzo with a 500mm telephoto
lens and a contract with the tabloids.
No, we'd love to believe that everyone in Hollywood has the
magic secret, and if only we could figure out what it was, we
too could look like they do. Nice theory, but it has a few holes
in it.
Number one: There's no 'they.' Hollywood stars
come in all shapes and sizes and metabolic and genetic types
just like we do, they have varying degrees of addiction just
like we do, they have varying degrees of discipline and motivation
just like we do, and they respond completely differently to
different regimens. Just like we do.
Number two: They don't know any more than
we do. Most go to their friends or hairdressers for diet tips,
or get introduced to the latest diet guru because they share
the same publicist. Some stars hire people to tell them what
to do, and the people they hire are as different in their approaches
and as varied in their skills as any group of experts on diet
and nutrition anywhere. Which is to say a lot. Sure, some trainers
or nutritionists become 'hot' for a while, just like a hairstylist
does, but they get 'not hot' faster than the wardrobe changes
at the Radio City Christmas Show. I've seen a dozen come into
favour and go out faster than you can say E! True Hollywood
Story
Number three: They struggle with the same
issues about food and drink as we do, and their bodies respond
in the same variety of ways. The only differences are that they
do it in full view of the public and that they have access to
magicians -- otherwise known as hair, makeup and lighting people
-- who do things to them that you simply can't believe unless
you've seen it done in front of your very eyes. I have, and
I can tell you this: What these folks can do makes Sigfried
and Roy's show look like a card trick. Once in a while, a star
will lend her name to a diet book or workout video. Most often,
if it's any good, it was designed by someone else. The stars |
may have some input, just
like they do when they release a signature-line perfume,
but you don't really think Elizabeth Taylor sat there
and blended 65 notes of fragrance do you? New York trainer
Radu designed Cindy Crawford's first video. Keli Roberts
did Cher's. And the popular books are basically modified
versions of The Schwarzbein Principle by Dr. Diana Schwarzbein,
who was Somers's advisor on the project. (But Suzanne
does look great on the book jacket.)
Now this is not a put-down to Hollywood stars. I've known
many of them and they're very nice people (at least some
are). But they are not the best people to turn to for
nutritional advice. Look, it's hard enough to find a nutritionist
who knows what he or she is doing. Why would you expect
biochemistry expertise from Gwyneth Paltrow?
There is one secret to Hollywood diets, and it's the same
secret I've been telling Shape Uppers for years now. It's
the only secret you'll ever need to know, and if you really
get it and accept it, you'll be on the way to success
not only in weight loss but also in life. Here it is:
Everybody's different.
Oh, by the way, 'case you were interested: Mel Gibson
doesn't eat chicken.
Want to know why?
He read somewhere that men who eat chicken breasts run
the risk of sprouting breasts themselves.
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