Diet Product Placement – Does It Work

Since Oprah carried out her ‘wagon of fat‘ in 1988, celebrities have been creating diet fads by their pseudo-endorsements of strange and unusual weight loss practices.  SkinnyMyths.com, and its Celebu-Diet Myth-o-Meter brainchild, exposes the celebrity  diet myths hitting the American digital radar in May.

While Paris Hilton doesnt endorse the Red Bull Diet, online buzzsmiths accuse her of lunching only on Red Bull and Water to lose weight. Young women devour the Internet for any celebrity news and become easy prey to these myths the outcome entirely unhealthy.

The Red Bull Diet tops Mays Myth-o-Meter with Paris Hilton being the celebrity most associated with the diet.
 
Celebu-Diet Myth-o-Meter May, 2008  (worst-to-best)
1.    Red Bull Diet (Paris Hilton)
2.    Protein Separation Diet (Maria Carey)
3.    Coffee Boost Diet (Olsen Twins)
4.    British Facial Analysis Diet (Kate Winslet)
5.    Adderall Diet (Britney Spears)
6.    White Food Diet (John Cusack)
7.    Marthas Vineyard Detox (Robin Quivers)
8.    Boiled Egg Diet (Renee Zellweger)
9.    Tea Diet (Rachel Ray)
10.    Master Cleanse Diet (Beyonce Knowles)

Is Britney Spears on an Adderall diet?

What about John Cusacks White Food Diet?

The Olsen Twins have been accused of drinking loads of coffee to stay slim?

SkinnyMyths.com doesnt verify whether or not the celebrities actually use these tactics to stay razor thin on the red carpet, but celebrity popularized diets may inadvertently be keeping America overweight with mythical nutrition.

About that ‘Wagon of Fat’ episode, Oprah has this to say: 

For four solid months, I didn’t eat a single morsel of food. When I started Optifast in July 1988, I was at 212 pounds. By fall, I weighed 145 pounds. Wearing my size 10 jeans, I pulled a wagon full of fatrepresenting the 67 pounds I’d droppedonto the stage.

What I didn’t know was that my metabolism was shot. Two weeks after I returned to real food, I was up 10 pounds. Since I wasn’t exercising, there was nothing my body could do but regain the weight. As my friend Maya Angelou often tells me, "When you know better, you do better."