Judy Mazel

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Judy Mazel (December 20, 1943 – October 12, 2007) was an American weight loss advocate the author of "The

Ashkenazi
Jewish home.

Biography

Mazel was born in Chicago on December 20, 1943, as the youngest of three sisters.[1] She moved to California but failed to become a professional actor. She began to struggle with her weight and began writing several diet books.[1]

Mazel had no formal training in either

proteins in the same meal.[1] The first 10 days of the diet consisted only of fruit. On Day 11, bagels and corn on the cob were added to the fruit. No complete protein was added until Day 19 when steak or lobster were permitted.[1]

Mazel opened a clinic in

Beverly Hills, following the success of her book. She worked with as many as 250 dieters a week.[1] Mazel, herself, claimed to have lost 72 pounds by following her own advice.[1]

Reception

Critics, including many nutritionists, attacked the Beverly Hills Diet as dangerous and unscientific.[2][3][4] They claimed that many dieters lost weight simply because the Beverly Hills Diet was low in calories.[1] The diet often made many nutritionists' lists of their top 10 fad diets.[1] Nutrition experts have described the Beverly Hills Diet as quackery and based on the discredited idea of food combining.[3]

Celebrities, however, embraced the Mazel's book. Noted followers of The Beverly Hills Diet included

First Lady, Maria Shriver, as well as Sally Kellerman, Engelbert Humperdinck and Linda Gray.[1]

Death

Judy Mazel died of

Pacific Palisades, California
at the time of her death.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Judy Mazel". Associated Press. 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
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    ISBN 0-87975-733-7
  4. ^ Hevesi, Dennis. (2007). "Judy Mazel, Creator of Best-Selling ‘Beverly Hills Diet,’ Is Dead at 63". The New York Times. Retrieved November 22, 2018.

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