to allow dieters to lose weight over the course of a
month by using various Hollywood diet products
combined with healthy living strategies.OriginsThe Hollywood diet products were created by
Jamie Kabler. He is a self-proclaimed ‘‘diet counselor
to the stars.’’ According to the Hollywood diet web-
site, Kabler invented the Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle
Diet after visiting a European health spa. He was at
the spa to help him manage his own weight, and after-
wards decided that he wanted to help people lose
weight and detoxify their bodies by creating a product
that everyone could afford. The Hollywood 48 Hour
Diet was first available in December of 1997. Accord-
ing to its website, more than 10 million people have
used the product since then. The Hollywood 48 Hour
Miracle Diet was the first of the Hollywood Diet
products, but since that time the line has been
expanded to include the Hollywood 24 Hour Miracle
Diet, the Hollywood Daily Miracle Diet Drink Mix
Meal Replacement, and variousdietary supplements.DescriptionThe Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet is probably
the best known of the various Hollywood products. It
is an orange colored drink that is intended to be a
complete food replacement for a 48 hour period. Diet-
ers are instructed to shake the bottle well and then mix
four ounces of the drink with four ounces ofwater
(bottled water is recommended) and sip this mixture
over the course of four hours. This is to be repeated
four times each day. The dieter is instructed to drink
eight glasses of water each day while on this diet.
For the two days that the dieter is following the
Hollywood 48 Hour Miracle Diet, the drink mixture
and water are all that the dieter is allowed to consume.
The dieter cannot eat or drink anything else. This
restriction even includes drinks that have no calories,
such as diet sodas and chewing gum. During this time
the dieter is told that for optimal results he or she
cannot have anycaffeineor alcohol while on the
diet, and cannot smoke.
The Hollywood 24 Hour Miracle Diet is largely
the same as the 48 Hour formulation, except that is
intended only for one day use. The same restrictions
about food, caffeine, and alcohol intake apply, as does
the ban on smoking. The website recommends that
dieters use one version of the diet or the other at least
one time per month, and says that it many people
choose to do the 48 Hour Diet once a week.Both Hollywood diet formulations are made
mainly of fruit juice concentrates. They do contain a
significant number ofvitamins. The 24 hour version of
the diet contains 100% of the daily recommended
value of vitamins A, B 6 ,B 12 , C, D, and E, as well as
thiamin,riboflavin,niacin, folic acid, andpanto-
thenic acidin each four ounce serving. The 48 hour
formulation contains 75% of the daily required value
of these vitamins and nutrients. Both formulations
contain 25 grams ofcarbohydrates, 20 milligrams of
sodium, 22 grams of sugar, and noproteinin each four
ounce serving.
Each four ounce serving of the Hollywood diet
contains 100 calories. This means that if a dieter fol-
lows the diet’s instructions and drinks four four-ounce
servings over the course of the day, he or she will be
ingesting 400 calories. Because no other food or drink
products are allowed during this diet this means that
anyone following it will only consume 400 calories per
day. This qualifies the diet as a very low calorie diet.
Very low calorie diets are usually used to treat
extremely obese patients with more than 30% excess
body fat, and are only administered under the super-
vision of a doctor or other trained medical professio-
nal. If either Hollywood diet formulation were to be
used regularly or for an extended period of time this
would be considered a traditional very low calorie diet
and would require medical supervision.
The Hollywood diet website also includes an
alternative diet plan that is more comprehensive
than either the 48 or 24 Hour diets. This diet plan is
called the 30 Day Miracle Program. It suggests that
this program be followed tohelpthedietermaintain
the positive results achieved during the 48 or 24 Hour
Diets.KEY TERMS
Calorie—A measurement of the energy content of
food, also known as a large calorie, equal to 1000
scientific calories.
Dietary supplement—A product, such as a vitamin,
mineral, herb, amino acid, or enzyme, that is
intended to be consumed in addition to an individ-
ual’s diet with the expectation that it will improve
health.
Mineral—An inorganic substance found in the
earth that is necessary in small quantities for the
body to maintain a health. Examples: zinc, copper,
iron.Hollywood diet