The Most Popular Celebrity Diets

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Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson's weight loss journey involved following the Mayr Method, which involves cutting out sugar, dairy, and gluten, and chewing each bite of food 40 times. The Mayr Method is based on the theories of an Austrian doctor about health that were developed 100 years ago. It is a complex set of habits that forms the foundation of treatment at Vivamayr, a chain of luxury medical and wellness spas favored by celebrities. While experts acknowledge that the Mayr Method offers some good advice, they also point out that it includes nonsensical pseudoscience.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé revealed to Oprah that she used the Master Cleanse diet, a restrictive juice fast, to lose weight for her role in 'Dream Girls'. However, now she is promoting another extreme plan. The Master Cleanse diet involves a 10-day juice fast where dieters consume nothing but a mixture of lemon, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper. By restricting calories to just one lemon drink, essential nutrients may be missed. Additionally, the lack of fiber, protein, and healthy fats could make Master Cleanse dieters feel unwell.

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Chris Pratt

Chris Pratt followed a diet called the Daniel Diet, which is inspired by the Bible. According to the Daniel Diet website, followers of this diet eat only fruits, vegetables, and flatbread for 21 days straight, with the overall goal of regaining focus on Christ-centered teachings. Like other restrictive diets, the Daniel Diet is based on the idea that the body needs to detoxify. However, it is not necessary to follow a special eating plan to achieve this.

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Anne Hathaway

Several celebrities, including tennis star Venus Williams and actress Anne Hathaway, have attempted to subsist on only raw plant-based foods on a raw vegan diet. Hathaway embraced raw veganism for her role playing yoga instructor "Rebekah Neumann" on 'WeCrashed.' However, in interviews, she stated that while she had previously experimented with veganism, she had never stuck with it for long and that the raw vegan diet didn't make her feel "strong or healthy."

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Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields made the grapefruit diet famous by following it, which involves consuming only 800 calories a day and eating lots of this pink citrus fruit. While the grapefruit diet can help you lose weight, it is due to severe calorie restriction, not because of any magical enzymes that grapefruit contains.

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Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera followed the 7 Days of Colors diet, which involves eating foods of a different color each day of the week. This diet is based on the 2003 book "7-Day Color Diet" by Jessica Weisel Courtney and Mindy Weisel. According to the diet, individuals are instructed to consume foods in one color group each day, including white, red, green, orange, purple, yellow, and rainbow-colored foods in a specific order.

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs followed a strict fruitarian diet, which was sometimes limited to just apples and carrots. The Apple founder named the corporation after one of his favorite foods after a visit to an orchard. But Jobs's passion for fruits went beyond that. He practiced a "Frutarian" diet, a stricter form of veganism that is limited mainly to fruits and a few vegetables. A biography of Jobs reports that he sometimes turned a sunset-like orange hue due to his bizarre diet, and his obsession with fasting and extreme dietary restriction has been described as an eating disorder. Ashton Kutcher ended up in the hospital after a month on this diet to prepare for playing Jobs in a biopic.

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Chris Hemsworth

Intermittent fasting has become a popular celebrity diet, with stars like Chris Hemsworth using it to speed up weight loss and reduce the risk of chronic disease. This diet involves limiting meals to a specific time window each day. To prepare for his role as a shipwrecked sailor in 'In the Heart of the Sea,' Marvel star Chris Hemsworth used intermittent fasting to quickly shed weight, according to his personal trainer Luke Zocchi.

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David and Victoria Beckham

According to her husband, David Beckham, Victoria Beckham has been eating the same meal of fish and vegetables for 25 years. The former "Spice Girl" has maintained a mostly consistent diet for more than two decades, consuming almost exclusively fish and vegetables. David Beckham revealed in early 2022 that while he is a food lover, his wife "very rarely deviates" from their favorite meal of grilled fish and steamed vegetables. Victoria clarified that while her diet is "disciplined," she also incorporates healthy sources of fats like avocados and nuts into her meals and drinks alcohol regularly.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe had a diet consisting of a lot of raw egg whites, steaks, and sundaes with hot fudge sauce. In a 1952 interview, Monroe described her dietary choices as "absolutely bizarre" and she wasn't wrong. Consuming raw egg whites beaten into milk can cause salmonella poisoning, and skipping lunch before a dinner of steak and five carrots can cause a dieter to miss out on essential nutrients. As for her late-night drink, Monroe also had a fudge sundae for dessert. The late actress's diet appears to be an attempt at caloric restriction and a high-protein diet, but consuming so little fiber and fresh produce could lead to nutrient deficiencies, heart problems, and a feeling of lethargy.

It is known in Hollywood that celebrities go on strict diets, but what exactly do they eat?

The Most Extravagant Diets Celebrities Swear Will Give Them Eternal Life

While some famous people claim that the best way to stay healthy is to follow the simple, science-backed concept of eating a balanced diet composed mostly of fresh, unprocessed foods, others have dabbled in strange dietary trends despite the lack of research supporting their claims. In fact, some have even attempted to write their own diet books or create their own eating plans.