What does the Original Hollywood Celebrity Diet promise? It claims that you can lose up to 10 pounds in just two days.

How does the Original Hollywood Celebrity Diet work? It does not. All you need to do is to take 16 ounces of its vitamin-and-herb-fortified juice-like liquid and mix it with 16 ounces of water and drink it. But there is a catch; you cannot eat any other food.

The reality of the Original Hollywood Celebrity Diet It is important to realize that on this diet you will be consuming nothing but 400 calories of simple carbs (think sugary water) which contains no fiber, fat, or protein. (more…)

Paige Turco knows that she has to be fit to play her character on the CBS show The Agency. “It’s such a physically demanding part,” says Paige. When she is not on the set, Paige keeps her body in shape with a combination of a healthy diet and a good exercise program. “Endorphins feel great!” she says.

Paige Turco’s diet A typical day starts with a breakfast burrito filled with egg whites, cheese and bacon, plus decaf coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice. Lunch is a five-ounce serving of salmon or sea bass with steamed broccoli, lima beans or Brussels sprouts. (more…)

Have you heard of Quorn? No? While it is a little hard for me to get excited about a meat substitute, because, well, there is no substitute for a proper steak, I am forced to say that nutritionally speaking Quorn does sound good, at least on paper.

What is Quorn? It is a vegetarian protein which is made from, wait for it, fungi. Yummy! (roles eyes). Okay, Quorn is made not just from any fungi, but from edible fungi and it has recently been approved by the FDA as a meat substitute. (more…)

While it is true that that water reduces hunger, many diet gurus and weight management experts also claim that drinking water aids weight loss because it helps your body burn more calories. How does water help your body burn more calories? It does not, well, technically it does, but the number of calories that you can expect to burn is very small.

But let’s assume you enjoy drinking a lot of water and would like to see for yourself if drinking water for weight loss actually works. How much water do you need to drink? According to the latest research, you need to drink two full cups of water every hour, which may help your body burn only about 20 extra calories. (more…)

For years many people have wondered: How is Janet Jackson, 41, thin one day and not so thin the next? Now the wait is over. “I’m writing a book on my journey of weight loss and weight gain,” says Jackson, who dropped 60 lbs. last year.

In the still-untitled tome, she plans to share what she did “nutrition-wise to get down in size when I needed to.” Is the singer, who’s been dating music producer Jermaine Dupri for five years, slimming down to fit into a wedding dress? (more…)

With weight lifting straps Wrist straps come in a wide variety. Most are the basic canvas type that you loop around your wrist and the bar. Some involve a Velcro closure that wraps around your wrist and a hook that goes around a bar or a barbell.

Regardless of the style, they all serve the same purpose: to increase your grip strength and endurance.

Without weight lifting straps Even if you do not employ weight lifting wrist straps, you can increase gripping ability with the use of lifting gloves or chalk. (more…)