Do celebrities have an in that we don’t know about? Do the diets they use actually work?

What makes a diet popular? It often comes down to the types of people that latch onto it. When you have a celebrity endorser, people are more likely to take notice. Unfortunately that goes for any diet, no matter how little substance it has to it.

Let’s take a look as some celebrity diets and what they contain or don’t contain.

* Lemonade diet – Naomi Campbell likes this one. Beyoncé was on it for a while. This is a liquid diet that allows you to lose a lot of weight in ten days. You drink lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and hot water. According to professionals, this is a starvation diet. You lose weight because you are expending energy without taking in any nutrients. This is hard to maintain and the weight returns as soon as you eat.

* Cabbage soup diet – Oprah was on board with this one at one time. Like the one above, you eat a soup mostly composed of cabbage and water. You alternate fruits, but basically you are cutting calories to extreme levels. Again, once you get back on a normal diet the weight you lost came back because it was mostly water weight that you lost in the first place.

* Zone diet – Renee Zellweger is a fan of this one. It involves food combining in proper proportions to achieve weight-loss results. For the busy family, this can be hard to do. Portion size is usually the biggest obstacle. There are prepared meal services, but they are quite expensive.

Many celebrity diets work for them because of two things: personal chefs and personal trainers. When you have a busy schedule, it is also advantageous to have someone else do the thinking for you. A personal chef is useful for many celebrities. All they have to do is give instructions on what their diet calls for and then eat what is fixed for them.

Ever wonder why a celebrity can look in tiptop shape a couple of months after having a baby? That is the job of the personal trainer. They work side by side with you to create the best body possible according to your needs.

The average person doesn’t have a personal chef or a personal trainer. Most celebrity diets are designed to lose weight fast for a movie or a premier.

To maintain a healthy body and lose weight that will stay off, you need to eat more whole foods, smaller meals and learn about portion size. Celebrity diets may work at first, but they are not meant to last. Choose an eating plan that will put you on the right track and it will be lasting.