The 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.
Dieters
are instructed to shake the bottle well and then mix
four ounces of the drink with four ounces of water
(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 any caffeine or 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 of vitamins.
The 24 hour version of
the diet contains 100% of the daily recommended
value of vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, and E, as well as
thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, and pantothenic
acid in 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 of carbohydrates, 20 milligrams of
sodium, 22 grams of sugar, and no protein in each four
ounce serving.
Each four ounce serving of the Hollywood diet
contains 100 calories. This means that if a dieter follows
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 supervision
of a doctor or other trained medical professional.
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 to help the dieter maintain
the positive results achieved during the 48 or 24 Hour
Diets.
The first step of the 30 DayMiracle Program is for
the dieter to do the 24 or 48 Hour Diet. After this diet
is finished, and the dieter returns to eating solid foods,
the second step is to replace one meal per day with
another Hollywood Product, the Hollywood Daily
Miracle Diet Drink Mix Meal Replacement.
It is suggested
that the dieter replace dinner for the most successful
outcome. The dieter is also encouraged to
avoid foods that are high in fat or salt, that contain
sugar, and to avoid dairy products, red meat, and diet
sodas.
The diet also recommends that the dieter take
another Hollywood product, Hollywood Meta
Miracle, twice each day. This product is supposed to
be able to help dieters not feel hungry, boost their
metabolism, and give them more energy.
The other
supplement recommended by the diet is the Hollywood
Mega Miracle 75 nutritional supplement. The
diet instruct that it be taken twice every day. This
product supposedly contains 75 different nutrients
needed by the body for good health.
The diet also suggests that dieters eat a healthy
breakfast and lunch, do not eat after six pm each day,
and eat fruits and vegetables as snacks. The diet recommends
that a dieter take a brisk walk for 30 minutes
or more each day.
The final instruction of the diet is to
repeat either the Hollywood 48 Hour Diet or the Hollywood
24 Hour diet on a regular basis. Once a month
or each weekend are suggested.
