Since the advent of
celebrity culture several decades ago, famous people have impacted the eating habits of men and women everywhere. For the long, lean legs of
Jennifer Aniston, some of us stick to greens, while for the hourglass shape of Beyoncé, others become vegan. Celebrities don't believe in moderation; rather, they embrace extremes, so it's necessary to make sacrifices, such as counting calories and eating more veggies.
We looked at dozens of celebrity diets to determine the ten most out there that genuinely work. Looking for fast and easy ways to get your life back on track? Check out the options we've provided below.
1. Madonna
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Some famous people just cut back on calories to get their ideal body, while others go so far as to stop eating completely. One of them is Madonna, who is an outspoken supporter of the Air Diet, a method of weight loss in which participants are instructed to prepare and serve food on a plate, pick it up with a fork and bring it up to their mouths, but not really taste or swallow the meal. The Air Diet advocates for the lack of actual food intake while giving the impression that it is being followed.
2. Jennifer Aniston
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Jennifer Aniston never learned that breakfast is the most crucial meal of the day. The Friends actor skips breakfast and instead guzzles down gallons of lemon juice to jumpstart his body's natural cleansing process. Lemon juice has been shown to speed up the body's metabolism, so Jen drinks it first thing in the morning to help her slim down.
3. Beyonce
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The Master Cleanse Diet has a big fan in
Beyoncé. Star went on a diet to shed 20 pounds before Dream Girls shoot. She subsisted on homemade lemonade spiked with maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice for two weeks. In addition to drinking four cups of salt water per day, the Master Cleanse also requires you to consume herbal laxative tea twice daily, in the morning and in the evening.
4. Gwyneth Paltrow
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Celebrity parent Gwyneth Paltrow has been diagnosed with food allergies and has made drastic lifestyle changes, including giving up bread, red meat, cow's milk, eggplant, and tomatoes. She begins her day with a green smoothie and sticks to a vegan, gluten-free diet throughout the rest of the day.
5. Megan Fox
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Megan Fox is a big fan of cleansing and is rumored to start each day by downing a glass of apple cider vinegar. It's her approach of getting rid of excess sugar and water weight without exercising or dieting, neither of which she particularly enjoys.
6. Nicole Kidman
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To prepare for her role in Cold Mountain, Nicole Kidman lost a staggering amount of weight by eating only one hardboiled egg for breakfast and two for dinner each day. Although the diet is harmful in the long run, it yields immediate benefits, and Kidman used it to shed even more pounds than she had hoped.
7. Katie Holmes
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Although
Katie Holmes has a reputation for being thin, she had admitted to dieting in the past when a film required her to drop a few dress sizes. Her go-to is the organic vegetable diet, which consists of steamed broccoli in the evening and carrot soup and yam at lunch. Whenever she has a hunger pang, she munches on almonds instead of sugary fruits.