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The 'Baby Eating' Diet

By Ruth Doherty on Wednesday 21 November 2007

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Marie Claire Health news: Earth's best baby food

A-LIST STARS are going mushy over the latest diet craze to hit Hollywood - eating jars of baby food.

Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Marcia Cross are among the celebrities who are spoon-feeding themselves with toddler tucker.

The idea of substituting one, and sometimes two, regular meals a day for the tiny fruit and vegetable meals originated from New York fashion guru Hedi Slimane.

The 39-year-old French-born designer, who has just left Dior to launch his own line, is said to have first coined the phrase 'baby eating' by sticking to baby food for days on end to maintain his slimline figure.

A-listers are snapping up the vitamin and mineral-rich snacks from organic 'designer' labels such as Earth's Best, which are now being sold in the healthfood sections of high-brow supermarkets.

Jennifer Aniston believes the 'purer, nutrient-packed, gluten-free' pots help to maintain her trim figure; Reese Witherspoon told a US TV show she's careful not to crash diet on infant food and makes sure to have one adult meal a day; while Marcia Cross ditched junk food snacks for baby food to keep hunger pangs at bay.

'There's nothing wrong with anyone eating baby food,' LA-based nutritionist Dr Marty Edwards tells the Sunday Express. 'It's nutritious and delicious as a snack.

'But adults require a minimum daily calorific intake, so it would be absolute folly to dine only on these little jars. Substituting them for chips, crisps or burgers as a healthy snack alternative does, however, make a lot of sense.'

Sounds like we should all jump on the 'choo-choo train' school of eating.

Words by Ruth Doherty, Wednesday 21 November 2007

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Comment by jess on January 28 16:21

To be honest. i think its the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard of in my life. Not only is it absolutely disgusting but is also made for babies - not adults. and just incase you are stupid enough to actually buy it as someone is wondering where you can buy it from.. any supermarket or usually any newsagents or local corner shop. i really do think you should try a new diet.. as this looks revolting to me! maybe just eating a regular balanced diet.. and not snacking - and exercising. probably the safest idea. but otherwise look on the net for maybe not so revolting diets!
Comment by Paigee on May 20 17:34

I think its a good idea as long as you don't go OTT on it! just think how bad chips, crisps, chocolate bars and junk is for you. if you snack a lot then it will eventually build up and make you very un-healthy. By eating a jar of baby food every time your hungry,still including you three healthy meals a day, you'll be laughing off the weight!
Comment by Leigh-Ann.x on June 09 11:18

I love baby food and think it is a great idea!
Comment by chels on July 12 13:46

i started this.
but i swap two meals for baby food. but its the desert one. will that work?
Comment by claire leanne on March 18 16:43