The Bad, The Fad & The Plain Mad

Diet's that's what I am talking about. Just when you though it was safe to open up a magazine without some new crazy A-Lister's latest diet jumping out at you there are a whole new crop of crazy diets heading this way from Hollywood.

So just who is following crazy diet fads ... well top of the list is none only than our own English rose Liz Hurley and from the sound of her tweets she is really not enjoying it.

Liz Hurley

Liz is following a diet which involves her sipping on protein rich shakes, which even she admits she can hardly face, and soft poached eggs. As she is busy tweeting her fantasies regarding Vegemite sandwiches, Jaffa cakes, chocolate etc. I think we can safely say that she is not a happy camper and starving!
Verdict: ***Mad

Terri Hatcher

Fancy sucking on ice cubes all day? Well, that is what Teri Hatcher is rumoured to be doing. The "Ice Cube Diet" is said to be big in Hollywood at the moment with followers sucking on Hoodia Ice Cubes, these contain nothing but fresh Hoodia (a cactus like plant) and water. This is supposed to send signals to your brain that you are full. As Hoodia is extremely habit forming this one is definitely one to avoid, as once you stop taking it your eating will go out of control.
Verdict: ***** Mad




Blake Lively


When the gorgeous Miss Lively received the call from Carl Lagerfeld to model for the Mademoiselle bag campaign she started on the Brazilian Butt Lift diet, (having seen some very sexy looking Brazilian butts in action dancing I do wonder if this one would work for my pathetic little butt ... Kim Kardashian has no competition from me). This diet involves downing shots of lemon juice and drinking ginger tea. It's creator Leandro Carvalho claims that the lemon juice shots helps to neutralise the acid around the fat cells so that they can shrink and the ginger tea reduces the inflammation, which makes it easier to lose weight.*  Blakes' workout included Leandro's notorious "Triangle Training" where you flex your butt muscles for up to 90 mins a day (ARGH!!!) Following this Blake claims to have lost 10lbs in fat in just two weeks. It is more likely that what Blake lost was not fat but fluid and glycogen stores, though the work out sounds healthy.
Verdict: *****Fad

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

After picking up Megan Fox's role in Transformers "The Hottest Body in Hollywood" aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley embarked on some very serious  hours of exercise. Her trainer James Duigan has revealed that she did 18 workouts in 6 days! This was in preparation for a shoot a Venice Beach last week. This entailed first thing in the morning doing a sweat-inducing series of squats, chin-ups and burpees (an aerobic move). After lunch a 20 mins weight circuit and finally 30 mins stretching with a foam roller before bed. Although this sounds horrendous it is in fact a very balanced method as each session is short and the mix is just what the body needs.
Verdict: ***** Very Good


Dominique

* As told to Grazia