Beyonce Knowles Diet

Five of the best sites about the diet Beyonce Knowles used to lose weight for her role in the movie Dreamgirls. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. Beyonce’s Breakthrough Diet - August, 2006 article on Beyonce Knowles losing 20 pounds in a matter of weeks through a version of the Master Cleanse Diet or Lemonade Diet, a diet that allows only for drinking a mixture of lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. While the article doesn’t suggest this is a smart way to lose weight, it does offer a recipe if you want to try it at home. (blackvoices.aol.com)

2. Beyonce ‘Wouldn’t Recommend’ Liquid Diet - August, 2006 article quotes Beyonce Knowles saying she only used her liquid diet to lose weight for Dreamgirls, with the knowledge that she would put the weight right back on again, and that she wouldn’t recommend others use her method. (www.people.com)

3. Knowles: ‘I Looked Like A Cotton Bud When I Was Skinny’ - February, 2007 article quotes Beyonce Knowles as saying her diet consisted of fasting for two weeks, followed by eating only vegetables. (www.teenhollywood.com)

4. Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet: Don’t Believe the Hype - December, 2006 blog post disputes the effectiveness of fasting and liquid diets in losing weight, while commenters say it does work. Includes video on Neera Super Cleanse, the maple syrup concoction said to be part of the diet Beyonce Knowles was on. (www.starling-fitness.com)

5. Madal Bal Natural Tree Syrup - Maple syrup and palm syrup mixture rumored to have been used by Beyonce Knowles as part of her liquid diet. (www.neerasupercleanse.com)