Gwyneth Paltrow Cleanses Again: Three Weeks of Smoothies And Salads

Many of us equate summer holidays such as the Fourth with unfettered eating and drinking--not so for Gwyneth Paltrow, who is now on the heels of a three-week-long 'Clean' detox program as she simultaneously films "Iron Man 2."

"I feel pure and happy and much lighter (I dropped the extra pounds that I had gained during a majorly fun and delicious "relax and enjoy life phase" about a month ago)," she wrote to subscribers of her GOOP newsletter.

The cleanse, developed by Gwyneth's doctor and detox diet specialist, Dr. Alejandro Junger, consists of two liquid meals a day with a solid one (no processed foods, dairy, sugar, etc) in between.

Gwyneth is no stranger to resting her digestive system. She suffered through the Master Cleanse's lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper regimen last year and more recently shed some self-reported extra holiday weight with Dr. Junger's 'Clean' program.

Apparently she was pleased enough with the results to use the same detox program again this time around. "I followed it to the letter and I can report that it worked wonders," she wrote.

You can find more Gwyneth wellness wisdom and details of the cleanse here.

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Comments

[MoDMaN60]

I do a cleanse twice a year. I've just started it again and I will testify without doubt that this has A) saved my life and B) is one of the healthiest ways to live for yourself and the planet period. Three weeks of:

Alcohol and Coffee free
No processed foods
Everything organic
No animal products

LA Weekly article:
http://www.laweekly.com/la-vida/la-vida/toxin-avenger/13856/

21 day detox:
http://www.21daydetox.com/index.html

[jennpereira]

I agree with the other posters. I am a registered dietitian, and I can tell you cleanses are not healthy. They can certain pose health risks as well. Gwyneth is being irresponsible in dragging the world through her uninformed, eating disorder behavior.

Put Down the Cleanse, Gwyneth Paltrow

[jennpereira]

I wrote an article about this, check it out:

http://www.eatingrevolution.com/?p=43

[martiniandabotoxchaser]

Wonder what will be the long term effects on her digestive system. All the stopping and starting does not sound good.

[zeruol]

She was hot in her last movie Two Lovers: http://www.actressscene.com/2009/02/gwyneth-paltrow-in-two-lovers.html

[NoSillyName]

Her "GOOP" newsletter is only so-named because she really didn't want to name it "POOP", but that is what she's obsessed with.

Can we put the blame on Blythe Danner's toilet training methods or simply Hollywood's fixation on anorexic women?

[martiniandabotoxchaser]

Blythe Danner was funny on "Nurse Jackie." She played Swoozie Kurtz's "partner."

[NoSillyName]

She had to be hospitalized a couple of years ago because she was dehydrated and malnourished during one of her idiotic "cleanses".

[verticallychallenged]

This is what I thought of when I read this article. Btw, Gwyneth, what "extra holiday fat?"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/03/cleansing-or-just-starvin_n_224999.html

[cdub1991]

Salad and a fruit smoothie? That can end up being very...uncomfortable, if not out and out painful.

[MadHeart]

I just had Mongolian chicken takeout, hot, spicy with only lots of onions and shallots. If Chinese food works for them, I'm all for it. The hell with starvation.

[NoSillyName]

Yum! Sounds delicious!

[jazzybo]

Maybe a nice herbal enema? LOL! Moderation is the key.

[wrenchdevil]

but..but..who gets to administer?

[NoToGOP08]

For most of the human race, a bowel movement works just as good.

[sexyrexy]

lol laxatives??!!

[JoeSchmuk]

Politically correct anorexia. The woman's a rake. Not to mention a whack.

[NoSillyName]

Oh, to be rich and famous and have:

"a majorly fun and delicious "relax and enjoy life phase" about a month ago"

only to have to repent and starve oneself and obsess with one's colon.

What are we little people missing?

[HollyH]

She is naturally beautiful. The cleanse is a great balanced program. It takes a lot of discipline that most of us do not have. As a whole, Americans eat way too much. Sugar, Fat, and Salt and that is perhaps why we are one of the fattest nations on earth.

[NoSillyName]

LOL at the first three sentences.

[outnow]

I'm now vegan. That will cut back on inflamation, arthritis, certain types of cancer. But she looks anorexic, not healthy. Fasting is more for the state of mind, not the state of digestion. Just avoid all animal fats and exercise as much as you can without tearing your body down. Moderation works best.

[averygard]

At least she is not covered from head to toe in ugly and/or pretentious tattoos, with every inch of her spilling out of trashy looking clothes, like some other celebrities huffpo seems unnaturally obsessed with.

[cimbri]

She is amazingly beautiful, but the cleasing thing cannot be healthy. I've read you strip away healthy bacteria from your system, among other problems.