Following the last MET Gala in his honour, Karl Lagerfeld has been in the news again for the controversial diet he followed. We tell you what it consisted of.
Although it has been more than a week since the MET Gala was held in tribute to Karl Lagerfeld, the designer continues to be a trend for his contribution to the world of fashion. On this occasion, a controversial diet followed by the German has once again come to light, with which he lost more than 40 kilos in just one year. In fact, in 2004 he even published a book entitled ‘The Karl Lagerfeld Diet’, in which he detailed what his diet consisted of.
From drinking more than 10 Diet Cokes a day to eating quail. This diet, which he called Diet-3D, was created with nutritionist Jean-Claude Houdret (co-author of the book) and included three phases of alternating calorie intake. During the first phase, he ate only 800-900 calories a day; in the next phase he went up to 1,200 calories, while the last phase was 1,600 calories a day. Bearing in mind that Harvard University advises that men should consume a minimum of 1,500 calories a day.
“Diet Coke from the time I get up to the time I go to bed. I can even drink it in the middle of the night and I can sleep. I don’t drink coffee, I don’t drink tea, I don’t drink anything else,” the designer explained in the book. In his peculiar diet, sugar, red meat and carbohydrates were completely eliminated. In addition, fruit and vegetables were only eaten if they were boiled and dairy products had to be skimmed. In the book he explained that he used to eat quail every day and that his indulgence consisted of having an extra slice of toast.
With this diet, the designer managed to lose more than 40 kilos in just 13 months. The reason for this weight loss was his desire to be able to wear clothes designed for very thin people, going so far as to say that fashion “was the healthiest motivation for losing weight”. Throughout his career, Lagerfeld made several fat-phobic statements that were widely criticised. From stating that no one wanted to see curvy models to criticising singer Adele for being “too fat”.
Although ‘The Karl Lagerfeld Diet’ received numerous negative comments from experts who advised against such a restrictive diet without medical supervision, the book went on to sell more than a million copies.
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