Celebrity Diet Secrets Revealed
 Nearly all
movie stars, TV anchors, top models and singers look like gods. Perfect
legs, slim waists, cool hairstyles, tanned bodies. They look
effortlessly beautiful, but you should not be deceived by the
appearances. Aside from a handful of people, all the rest have to work
hard at it. Dieting and workouts are among the most important things in
the life of a high-powered star. Because if they don’t look
right, they don’t get contracts and they are soon out of the
public minds and hearts. Such is life in Hollywood.
And just like any place where money and ambition
meet, there are a lot of people trying to push this or that idea as the
best thing since sliced bread, or something like that. And celebrities
many do fall for this stuff, mainly because celebrities are just like
the rest of us and have a hard time finding a diet that works. Since we
are all a bit different from each other, there’s no single
diet that works the same for everybody, which means that one has to try
this or that eating plan in order to find which one is best. And the
search can get a bit rough sometimes.
Famous model Claudia Schiffer, for instance, is not on any kind of
diet. Naturally, she has tried a lot of them and has finally concluded
that diets are messing with her metabolism and that she is better off
sticking to a three meals per day plan. The meals are rich in
vegetables and fruits, which are fast digested by the body, and she
tried hard not to resort to snacks during meals. However, she does give
in to temptation every now and then and eats a bit of chocolate or some
other forbidden food. The crucial thing is not to give in to the
temptation of eating a whole box of sweets.
Three meals per day rich in vegetables and fruits
is also the cornerstone of Geri Halliwell’s eating plan.
After going through excessive exercising and a long row of bizarre
diets, Geri decided that enough is enough and turned to what she calls
“sensible eating”. She is now part of the growing
trend of celebrities that would rather have a nice set of curves to
show than a skinny figure. So a bit of fat here and there is no longer
a problem, which means that she can be less stressed about the whole
dieting thing.
The same basic idea worked for TV presenter Claire Sweeney, who chose
the Weight Watchers diet precisely because it let her eat foods that
she likes and that other diets forbid. She had already gone through a
detox plan, which she could not stick to, an Atkins diet that gave
her a kidney infection and a dozen other dieting ideas. Weight Watchers
worked for her
better than anything else and so she’s still on the program.
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has been on a macrobiotic diet plan for years.
She would not touch meat, eggs, dairy products and caffeine and stuck
with it until her recent pregnancy. After giving birth to her daughter,
Apple, Gwyneth returned to her eating plan, but she says she is not as
strict as she once was. While still avoiding foods that drain her
energy, the actress has found that a relaxed attitude is better than
looking like a bean pole.
The general public is also interested in finding
out the dieting secrets of movie stars and singers.
They think that actors might have some tricks up their sleeves if they
manage to stay so slim and good-looking through the years. Actually
it’s not quite like that. Actors and singers are normal human
beings. They have their unique genetic make-ups which means that no
single diet works for everybody. So each one of them tries a couple of
diets in order to find out which one suits him or her. Moreover, not
all Hollywood stars stick to their diets. The crave for a treat does
not discriminate.
Celebrities don’t have some sort of
secret knowledge that opens the path to a beautiful body.
Most of them get their tips just as the rest of the people do. They
hear them from hairdressers and make-up girls. They get them from
agents and publicists. Or they follow the latest fashionable trainer or
dietician, just as they pick up on the latest philosophies or mystical
experiences. Moving from Atkins to cabbage soup is not more complicated
than dropping Buddhism in favor of Kabbalah. Some stars hire people who
know a lot about diets to make these decisions for them.
All these famous people have to deal with the
same kind of issues we all do.
Sticking to a diet is hard on them, too, so they eat things they
shouldn’t and resent the fact that they can’t do it
all the time. They worry about the effects of such and such diets on
their skin and they don’t look all that great all the time.
But for every star there’s a small army of lighting experts,
make-up artists, beauticians, image editing and visual effects people
who work hard to make sure that the faces we see on screens and in
magazines look perfect. No blemishes, no unsightly skin, no sagging
anywhere. Just perfection. One thing that could be said for Hollywood
stars is that they work harder at their diets than most people.
It’s very important for their jobs and popularity and so they
try really hard to stay in shape and look good everyday.
They’re not dieting experts and it’s unrealistic to
expect them to be so. They’re good at other things and
we’re content with them being that way. So, the bottom line
is that there really is not secret to Hollywood dieting. Just the will
to carry on and the struggle to stay fit.
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