The Dark History of Old Hollywood's Diet Culture
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- In this eye-opening video, we delve into the dark reality of Old Hollywood's diet culture. We explore the pressure that actors and actresses faced to maintain a certain body type, the extreme measures they took to achieve it, and the damaging effects it had on their physical and mental health.
Join us as we uncover the shocking truth about the diet pills, fad diets, and starvation techniques that were prevalent in Hollywood during the Golden Age. We'll also discuss the impact of these harmful practices on the industry's most iconic stars, including Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Judy Garland.
Through interviews with experts and insiders, we'll gain a deeper understanding of the complex and damaging culture of body image in Hollywood, and the lasting legacy it has left on the entertainment industry as a whole.
This video is a must-watch for anyone interested in the history of Hollywood, the impact of diet culture on our society, and the importance of promoting healthy and sustainable body image ideals. So join us as we go behind the glamour and uncover the dark reality of Old Hollywood's diet culture.
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Sophia and Audrey both suffered malnutrition as young girls during WWII.
Yes 😔
Sofia wrote cook books. Her dietary habits are very good. She eats fresh whole foods. Sofia avoids sugar, caffeine and too much alcohol. That is probably why she looks so good at 88.
One of the strangest diets I've read is Dolly Parton's. I read an older biography by her and she explained that she lost the weight she had gained in the 70's by following a chew and spit out diet. She'd "eat" her meal, spitting most of the chewed up food into a cup! This way she'd get to taste the food but eat very few calories. So sadly disordered:(
That’s straight up an ED
That's an ED. Basically bulimia.
There are celebrities who still do this because I know them and they do this.
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Actually that’s a great idea, if it can be afforded
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They were using amphetamines and downers
Definitely
They still work. I use Adderall for weight control and energy now that I'm in my late 40s. Sleeping pills if I need them at night. As long as you don't do them daily you won't become physically dependent. Physical dependence makes the sleeping pills very ineffective. I also pop opiates and benzos on weekend mornings as a hangover cure. As long as you switch up your drugs you never need to worry about tolerance and withdrawal. It's a cheat code for life
And they never questioned their cigarette smoking as a problem
I always thought Jane Russel and Audrey Hepburn were the sanest of the old Hollywood stars.
Can you please do a video about Fran Drescher's favorite products (makeup etc) from the 90's? Please please
A lot of these stars had vitamin injections, pain killers, uppers and downers on top of being heavy smokers, which is a well known appetite suppressant.
That ice cream sounds good ngl!
Always love your historical videos about Old Hollywood. It’s great to look back and I love history. ❤
Glad you like them!
I expected you'd have a piece about Joan Crawford, but with a bunch of these old starlets you completely overlook the fact that they got a vast amount of calories from the alcohol they were consuming. We know that Monroe, Crawford, Garland and Taylor were famous for their alcoholism. I wouldn't be surprised if they had entire weeks at a time where they ate nothing but speed and washed it down with booze and Pepsi giving them a caloric deficit. Its way more than just a drive for "thinness" its about the entirely unhealthy relationship that people have with food. Everyone still wants to eat like they're 17th century farm laborers when the hardest thing they do all day is scroll through their phone.
Powdered liver is actually extremely good for us girls in many ways beyond weight - totally advise taking it for natural iron absorption & gut health :)
Liver contains crazy amount of vitamins, minerals etc! It's the original super food.
Oh, but I hate the taste!
*sheeps liver lol
If Elvis Presley was prescribed blood pressure medication. And if he followed a more healthier diet and did some exercise he would be alive.
Definitely
And hadn’t been addicted to pain meds that caused him extreme constipation-as we’re told he had a heart attack trying to have a bowel movement. He left us far too young at 42.
Elvis had a genetic heart condition also killed his mother and daughter at a young age.
Muching on garlic and onions, I hope Betty stocked up on breath mints.
Haha totally
The Judy garland story is especially tragic
Drinking smoking and pill popping were the favorites back in the day. The production companies held the women’s weight and measurements, it’s noted ‘water retention’ prior to a period for some.
Marilyn was only 24.5 inch waist when she was pregnant. She usually had 22-23 waistline. 2nd elvis didn't eat the peanutbutter bacon sandwhiches everday. Lastly he was very sick towards the end of his life, he was both constipated and bloated. It was also a genetic predisposition which his mom and uncles all suffered from. Where'd you get your data? tabs?
I’m pretty sure that she got her information from the internet
Elvis sandwhiches were a coping mechanism, for sure
Stewie…?
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Seems a lot of these older diets consisted of tomatoes.
Thank you so much for covering this.
I do wonder if some of these diets were just something that was made up by studios or the actors themselves to seem more interesting or like they have special discipline that normal people don't have.
It's all made up. All of these people smoked and drank and were taking speed to keep their appetites suppressed.
Yep. Same as today. They all eat boiled chicken and broccoli apparently. They have never heard of ozempic, adderol, and steroids.
They might have had another epigenetic pattern as food supply haven't had been so great int their youth and the life of their parents and grandparents thinking of the wars alone.
Peanut butter & bacon must be a 50s thing. My mother made peanut butter & bacon sandwiches for us when we were kids. Still a comfort food staple for me but only on occasion.
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Don’t forget many of these stars were in their 20’s when famous, and most young healthy bodies easily burn calories better than older ones, irrespective of diet.
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Marilyn didn't drink raw eggs. She mixed abd heated the milk and eggs up on a hot plate. It makes a frothy beverage.
Yes I know that it’s mentioned in the video
Can you please do a video on Doris Roberts? I was such a huge fan of hers ❤
Oh wow! Thank you Laura….now I know where my mom got the idea of pb & bacon on english muffins….so good….pb melts & about 3-4 pieces 🥓 ….yum!!🤍
3 substantial meals a day for Audrey Hepburn may have worked for her, but that does not work for me whatsoever. I can't eat more than 800-1000 calories a day unless I have a very active day in the sun. I cook all my meals everyday (unless it's a special occasion) which makes a big difference in how many calories are in each meal.
That’s crazy how they went to such lengths I could never do that 😅😮
Very interesting
You are wat you eat😅
I think so too!
Marilyn Monroe was a Gemini. They tend to be ahead of their time. She was lifting weights before Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.
Another sultry movie star I adore is Kim Novak. It would be interesting to include her; the produces at the time were brutal towards her appearance regarding her weight. But she had such a gorgeous figure! I had the pleasure of meeting her some time ago. She was warm, funny, and even poked fun at her own weight!
A loaf of bread stuffed with peanut butter and bacon I’ll take two. I also snack on onions
72 hours make me take pause...
I can believe what alot of them did here, I do question the being up and working 72 hours, even if Judy and Mickey was on drugs to work longer, what did those people around them do to keep up working in those 72 hours? Those people were at work as well, they didnt replace people behind the scenes. They were professionals in their field.
I honestly think that number, 72 is a stretch. I think seeing all the photos of Judy and Mickey taken constantly you would see their appearance wane. They were always clear eyed and never looked drug down...
Anyone on those types of drugs for a period of time will show.
Hold up .. rolling around on the ground?
Joan C and bette D
Let’s face it - hunger becomes impossible to ignore. They would lose control, gorge, then have to bring it all back up. Ugh!
Those elvis presley soundwiches look and sound disgusting
Powdered liver?????
I think Marilyn ate boiled liver.
It is used as a supplement. It is a huge thing at the moment.
@@kateaye3506 exactly. Liver is very nutritious and popular right now and it’s nice to have a powdered form in a pill
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Yuck 🤮
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You forgot Lana Turner
Was she supposed to cover every actress?
Merylin eating raw eggs and milk for breakfast as well as just broiled meat and liver for dinner plus the occasional carrot is one of the most nutrient sense diets you could have. She stayed away from carbs, sugars, refined foods and seed oils - how can you eat better than this? Also I eat raw eggs with cream and I add either some decaf coffee or strawberries and u can vouch it's delicious. I'm really put off by you including this anecdote as an example of disordered eating when this is the cleanest diet possible.
Audrey had bulimia, you should have included that for a more accurate report.
Do you have an article/link about it? I tried to look it up and most of the sources state Audrey Hepburn was healthy and never had an eating disorder.
I never read that