Joan Crawford's Secret Old Hollywood Diet Uncovered

Hello lovelies, today I will be discussing Joan Crawford's old Hollywood diet. There is an old article from the January 1929 issue of American magazine Photoplay. The article is titled Diet - The Menace of Hollywood. The writer Katherine Albery explains why eating like Joan Crawford and other period stars could be problematic. 'Diet!,' Albert writes. 'It has put one world-famous star in her grave, has caused the illness of many others, has wrecked careers and has become, largely through its practice in Hollywood, the Great American Menace!' Albery compares the Holywood diet to a correct diet complied by one Dr. Willis 'from works of the most famous authorities on a diet'. The old Hollywood diet has a zero-calorie breakfast consisting of clear soup and two saltine crackers and a quarter of a pound of tomatoes for lunch totaling 138 calories. For dinner, the 1929 Hollywood diet consists of cottage cheese, two ounces of pineapple, and a glass of buttermilk, bringing the total calorie count for the day to a meager 305 calories. By contrast, the doctor recommended diet that will have you drop two and three pounds per week includes roast beef lunches and a breakfast of scalloped cod and stewed tomatoes. THE HOLLYWOOD STAR DIET* Breakfast: A cup of hot water (calories - 0) Luncheon: 8 tablespoons of consomme (13Kcal) Two saltine crackers (100Kcal) 1/4lb tomatoes (25Kcal) Dinner: Cottage cheese (50Kcal) 2oz pineapple (50Kcal) One glass buttermilk (67Kcal)