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5:26 pm - 02/16/2013

Celebrity Detox Diets! Anne Hathaway, Gwyneth Paltrow and Salma Hayek Are All Fans



The Academy Awards are eight days away, and that means many stars are working hard and cutting their caloric intakes to squeeze into those chic gowns.

Celebrities like Anne Hathaway often use detox diets as a quick way to lose weight ahead of big events.

The 29-year-old actress famously turned to detoxification and literally starved herself for her Oscar-nominated turn as a gaunt prostitute in Les Miserables.

While the highly restricted eating regimen helped Hathaway embrace her role as a lady of the night, are detox diets right for the rest of us?

Some experts say no.

“Generally speaking, extreme eating regimens are nothing new to many actors and actresses, who often pursue these avenues to get ready for roles. Are they necessary? Not in my opinion,” nutritional expert Jackie Keller, CEO of NutriFit, who has worked with Hathaway in the past, recently told Radaronline.com in an exclusive interview.

And Hathaway is not alone in her use of detox diets.

Gwyneth Paltrow frequently mentions the benefits of detoxification diets on her website, GOOP.

Shape Magazine reports Salma Hayek is also detox devotee.

Hayek, who’s 46, has used juice cleanses over the years to her maintain her sexy shape.

The mother-of-one has even co-founded Cooler Cleanse , a three-or five-day detox diet consisting of pressed raw juices, with Juice Generation’s Eric Helms.

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tryxkittie 16th-Feb-2013 11:01 pm (UTC)
idgi what are detox diets? Just drinking juice (from juiced raw vegetables) for a few days and not eating anything else? at any rate I'm scared this will turn into another body-shaming post.

Can we turn this into a healthy exercise/eating post?
goldengal1193 16th-Feb-2013 11:12 pm (UTC)
Detox diets are diets that basically clean your insides out(liver, kidneys, boosts your immune system), while it helps you lose weight fast. I don't have a problem with them, as long as people are aware that they are temporary. And there are MANY of them, so people need to make sure a certain diet is for them.


Most of them are juice-based diets(from raw produce), while others are just water(the water detox).
bluepassiflora 16th-Feb-2013 11:22 pm (UTC)
Exactly what does it clean from your liver and kidneys? And how does it clean them? How does it boost your immune system?
goldengal1193 16th-Feb-2013 11:30 pm (UTC)
Depends on the diet. For example, they'll say in week 3 drink lemon water and eliminate meat(both detoxifies your liver).


And in week 4, drink a ginger drink etc.


A lot of the diets provide their own juices for this(Pressed Juicery being one of the more popular).
bluepassiflora 16th-Feb-2013 11:52 pm (UTC)
Exactly what does it clean from your liver and kidneys? And how does it clean them? How does it boost your immune system?
beating_heartss 17th-Feb-2013 12:48 am (UTC)
lol there is no answer for this because it does not exist
hitori_ryuu 16th-Feb-2013 11:34 pm (UTC)
If you have to use a diet to detox organs that are already detox organs, something isn't working right in your body.
antique_faery 17th-Feb-2013 01:58 am (UTC)
You have been a beacon of common sense all over this post. People are SUPER misinformed and going with whatever those trying to sell this crap are telling them.

Edited at 2013-02-17 01:58 am (UTC)
_myaugust 17th-Feb-2013 08:06 am (UTC)
Going along with the comment above me but thanks for being the voice of logic and education in this post. People are so misinformed especially the person you responded to. She's spreading harmful misinformation in this post and its fucking ridiculous.
tigermilk 17th-Feb-2013 12:04 am (UTC)
There are detox diets (eating from a selected list of foods) and then there are juice detox diets. IDK I've never tried one because they are seriously cost prohibitive and I have a juicer anyway.

I like juicing because I can juice vegetables I motherfuckin' hate eating but know are healthy for me, like celery. But I will then replace the fiber, usually with chia seeds.

I will say that one time, I had like three glasses of green juice before bed and went for a blood draw the next day, and I was so hydrated that it was like Kill Bill.
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