| The phrase "calorie restriction diet" is a bit of a | | | | E FOR EPSOM SALTS: The salts draw fluids out |
| tough sell. It's not the most appealing name | | | | of your body. Heidi Klum and other stars use |
| because restriction doesn't sound fun. | | | | these before filming and photo shoots. |
| But I see that celebrities are doing calorie | | | | I FOR ICE LOLLIES: Oprah Winfrey likes iced fruit |
| restriction. Kym Douglas, the author of the Black | | | | bars because they take a long time to eat and |
| Book of Hollywood Secrets says, "The biggest | | | | also satisfy her sweet tooth. |
| secret I learned from celebrities is that they don't | | | | L FOR LICORICE: Eat a piece of licorice or a |
| do "diet food". They eat the real thing, just not a | | | | strong breath mint when you're hungry. It numbs |
| lot of it. | | | | the taste buds. |
| "I remember sitting down to breakfast with | | | | M FOR MATCHA GREEN TEA: One cup cup of |
| Elizabeth Hurley and being shocked that she was | | | | matcha green tea is the equivalent of 8-10 cups |
| having real bacon with her eggs, not turkey or | | | | of regular green tea. This boosts the metabolism |
| tofu bacon. And she said: "I'm just going to have | | | | and is an appetite suppressant. |
| a salad for lunch and a little dinner, so it's fine. But | | | | P FOR PRUNES: Hollywood nutritionists suggest |
| I'm not going to have fake bacon." | | | | including four chopped-up prunes with the ground |
| Now, I don't tend to turn to celebrities for | | | | beef when you cook a hamburger. It reduces the |
| inspiration and I hate the size zero mentality that | | | | fat by 40 percent and the prunes are tasteless |
| is so ingrained in Hollywood. I do think that calorie | | | | so you won't notice that they are there. |
| restriction is the most effective way to lose | | | | Q FOR QUICK SUGAR FIX: One Los Angeles bun |
| weight, however. So for fun I'm going to list | | | | shop is particularly popular with Hollywood |
| some of the items in the A to Z list of | | | | celebrities. Many of them order a tiny paper cup |
| Hollywood's hottest diet tips: | | | | filled with icing instead of a big cinnamon roll. That |
| A FOR ASPARAGUS: Celebrities live on this | | | | way they satisfy their sweet tooth without eating |
| because it's a natural diuretic and gets rid of | | | | the calories. |
| bloating. | | | | S FOR SUSHI: Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie |
| B FOR BRUSH YOUR TEETH: A nutritionist | | | | love sushi. This seaweed is loaded with vitamins, |
| advised her famous young client that the best | | | | has few calories and can lower cholesterol. |
| way to maintain her mere 15 per cent body fat | | | | V FOR VEGANISM: Alicia Silverstone says that |
| was to use a toothbrush after every meal. And a | | | | going vegan is the key to lasting weight loss: "I |
| craze was begun. Using a toothbrush signals to | | | | swear it's so easy. You don't have to have a diet |
| your brain that you are full. | | | | mentality at all if you eat healthy, plant-based |
| ...and BENEFIBER: Sprinkle it on your salad or in | | | | foods." |
| your coffee because it helps move food through | | | | W FOR WEDGE SHOES: According to Hollywood |
| you system more quickly. | | | | stylists the footwear that makes you look the |
| C FOR COOKIE: Celebrities such as singer Kelly | | | | thinnest. Cameron Diaz, Jessica Simpson and |
| Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson follow the Cookie | | | | Gwen Stefani all wear wedges for that reason. |
| Diet. In other words, they "eat a cookie, skip a | | | | Stylists love them for cover shoots as it makes |
| meal." They eat a healthy dinner of several | | | | the featured actress look taller and slimmer. |
| hundred calories and eat only calories or biscuits at | | | | That's only a partial list but you get the idea. |
| other meal times. They lose weight because it's | | | | These are tips that even real people like you and |
| based on calorie restriction. | | | | me can use. I'm making a mental note to try the |
| ... and CINNAMON: Celebrities sprinkle it in their tea | | | | icing tip sometime. I think I'll pass on the wedges, |
| because it supposedly can lower cholesterol and | | | | however. |
| blood sugar. | | | | |