Celebrity Weight Loss - Are Their Diets Dangerous?

The best weight loss motivation is to be healthy andminute workouts and high protein meal replacement
happy in your own body. Celebrities find themselvesshakes. High protein shakes put a severe load on the
under so much scrutiny and media attention thatbody to digest. Intestinal problems like bacterial
they sometimes go to extremes lengths to loseovergrowth are common and the load on kidneys
weight.can cause serious problems. In addition, shakes are
The worst thing about celebrities and weight loss isnot part of a healthy lifestyle.
that the pressure to be so thin and beautiful causesMarie Osmond complained of the same slow weight
celebrities to feel the need to downplay the amountgain that affects many people. She decided to buy
of effort they put into losing weight. Britney Spearsonly "healthy food" so she bought salads, fruits and
said that she just does some aerobics and weightvegetables. True, these foods are healthy but they
training for three days a week to get back to herare only part of a healthy diet. You need protein
pre-pregnancy body. If it was that easy, we would allfrom animal meats, fish, eggs, cheese, beans, tofu
look like Britney Spears!and nuts.
Kristy Swanson used the Medifast system to loseMariah Carey started a "regime" of water aerobics.
weight. These shakes are used as replacements forThe word regime is of concern as it doesn't indicate
meals. While they have some nutrients in them, theya balanced approach to a healthy lifestyle. She also
are lacking in fibre and are not a balanced food. Inrestricted her diet to baked clams, rice, berries,
addition, they shouldn't be used long term butswordfish and vegetable soup. This isn't the worst
become addictive because, if you use them, youdiet that a celebrity has tried and there are many fad
don't learn how to shop, cook and eat a healthy diet.diets worse than this but Mariah's diet is not well
Jessica Simpson trained for over two hours a day,balanced and varied enough to be part of a healthy
six days a week for her role as Daisy Duke in thelifestyle.
Dukes of Hazzard movie. This level of exercise is notMany celebrities lose their weight in a more healthy
advisable for most people as it will cause injuries dueway. They have the time and the money to exercise
to repetitive strain, lack of recovery time anddaily with a personal trainer and to have a personal
emptying of the body's nutrient stores.chef. This is just not an option for most people.
Heidi Klum regained her pre-pregnancy body with 90