You may think the rich get thin by going to fat farms and getting liposuction. While this may be true for some, many wealthy dieters go to “Park Avenue doctors” like Jana Klauer who give them the secrets of staying thin. Dr. Klauer not only helps her rich patients maintain their figures, she is a research fellow at the New York Obesity Research Center of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital.
Dr. Klauer writes that many of her patients are high-powered, driven people who need to learn how to relax and take time for exercise. Besides exercise, Dr. Klauer also stresses food supplements (she sells them on her Web site) as well as vitamins and minerals. Getting an adequate supply of these nutrients is an anti-aging strategy that helps your skin and body stay young. She is particularly insistent that you get enough calcium, the “miracle mineral.”
Rich people face terrible temptations at high-priced restaurants on a daily basis as well as a busy lifestyle that makes it hard to keep a regular exercise and eating schedule. However, they have the advantage of being able to afford the pleasures of traveling and buying beautiful clothing, artwork, and other things. Klauer suggests that every dieter learn from the wealthy and find pleasures in things and activities that do not involve food.
Here is the diet plan this “Park Avenue doctor” prescribes: The Jump-Start Program is a radical high-protein diet that lasts three days. Rich people choose this regime if they need to look great for a certain event. Breakfast is one egg prepared without fat, eight ounces plain low-fat yogurt, and green tea. Midmorning snack consists of two ounces low-fat cheese; lunch is one four-ounce can of tuna; afternoon snack is eight ounces of cottage cheese with a half-cup of raw broccoli or cauliflower; dinner is two cups of salad greens, four ounces broiled fish, and one-half cup broccoli, spinach, green beans, or asparagus; and nighttime snack is eight ounces of plain yogurt. Drink two to three quarts of water a day.
Phase One Program is a “get it done!” diet for her overly intense patients. The main principles are to get enough calcium, obtain “high quality” protein only from fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy, and to eat everything on the plan. You repeat her seven-day menu plan twice.
See: Klauer, Jana (MD). How the Rich Get Thin (New York: St. Martin’s Press) 2006.
Created:
2006
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High Protein, Supplements or Pills
Website:
HowtheRichGetThinDiet.aspx
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Sample Menu:
Phase One is:
BREAKFAST
-One cup calcium-enriched cottage cheese and 1/6 melon
-Calcium pill
MIDMORNING
Green tea
LUNCH
-Grilled vegetables with three ounces low-fat goat cheese, balsamic vinegar
-Calcium pill
AFTERNOON SNACK
-1 cup low-fat yogurt
-Calcium pill
DINNER
-Tossed salad with ¼-pound oyster mushrooms, eight walnut halves, ½ head Boston lettuce with dressing of 1 Tb. walnut oil and 1 Tb. red wine vinegar
-Four ounces halibut
-Glass of skim milk
-Calcium pill
NIGHTTIME
Calcium pill
Phase Two starts after you’ve lost most of your weight on Phase One. You gradually introduce foods back into your menu. Use the diet below as a template, and gradually add more fruits (first week), legumes (second week), sweet potatoes (third week), and complex carbohydrates such as whole grain bread (fourth week). Dr. Klauer advises dieters to avoid or limit processed foods, such as packaged baked goods, frozen dinners, sweets, meats, and crackers, along with dried fruits, fruit juice, soda (even diet soda), rich salad dressings, and alcoholic beverages.
BREAKFAST
Eat a high-protein breakfast every day, using Phase I breakfasts.
MIDMORNING
-Calcium pill
-Green tea
LUNCH
-Four ounces grilled chicken, turkey, or fish
-Salad and light dressing
AFTERNOON
Calcium pill
DINNER
Similar to lunch; however, you may substitute grilled vegetables for salad
NIGHTTIME
Calcium pill