The Hollywood 48-hour miracle diet: pros, cons, and effectiveness

Diets

Hollywood ("Miracle") Diet

WHAT FOODS ARE and ARE NOT EATEN

Hollywood Miracle Juice" is all you consume for forty-eight hours. This juice is 100% natural fruit juices and botanical extracts. Mix sixteen ounces of juice concentrate with sixteen ounces of water per day for forty-eight hours. And drink eight glasses of extra water per day.

For the Optimal Results: You shouldn't consume food, alcohol, caffeine or tobacco while on the "Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet" and this includes chewing gum.

THE PROS

This diet is designed to cleanse, detoxify and rejuvenate your body, while losing unnecessary weight. The juice is formulated from a special blend of fruits, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, essential oils and other cleansing ingredients. With each day's serving you can receive up to and above 300% of the U.S.D.A. recommended amount of vitamins needed daily. If you are looking for a quick and easy way to lose a few pounds of water weight, or you are looking for a good tonic, detoxifying, and cleansing routine then this diet may be helpful. Fasting and tonics can be very beneficial to your overall health.

If you use this detox juice to jump-start a real program of diet and exercise with fundamental weight-loss practices you will probably receive more benefit from this Hollywood diet.

THE AGE GROUP TARGETED and GENDER

As to the target group, it's really targeted to anyone that wants to look like the rich and famous movie star and thinks there is a magic pill. It appears to be marketed towards young to middle-aged women that want to be young again without the work of dieting, thus the name "MIRACLE DIET." The websites promoting the diet seem to picture thin young beautiful women in their advertising.

THE COST

This forty-eight hour diet is relatively inexpensive. There are numerous websites and local drugstores where you can purchase the juice product starting for about $12.00 plus shipping if from the web. Unfortunately, you will need to spend more money on another diet program when you discover you haven't lost the weight you thought you would.

WOULD YOU USE THIS DIET WHY / WHY NOT wouldn't use this diet program on its own merits to lose weight. I would consider using it as a tool in a "real" weight-loss progam. Combined with calorie reduction and an exercise program, I think it could be helpful.