The Dark History of Old Hollywood's Diet Culture

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  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Sophia and Audrey both suffered malnutrition as young girls during WWII.

    • @poisedwithpurposeco
      @poisedwithpurposeco ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes 😔

    • @wednesdayschild3627
      @wednesdayschild3627 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sofia wrote cook books. Her dietary habits are very good. She eats fresh whole foods. Sofia avoids sugar, caffeine and too much alcohol. That is probably why she looks so good at 88.

  • @louisedory7725
    @louisedory7725 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    They were using amphetamines and downers

    • @Laurajaneatelier
      @Laurajaneatelier  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Definitely

    • @rachelbachel2
      @rachelbachel2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They still work. I use Adderall for weight control and energy now that I'm in my late 40s. Sleeping pills if I need them at night. As long as you don't do them daily you won't become physically dependent. Physical dependence makes the sleeping pills very ineffective. I also pop opiates and benzos on weekend mornings as a hangover cure. As long as you switch up your drugs you never need to worry about tolerance and withdrawal. It's a cheat code for life

  • @mirandarileydesigns
    @mirandarileydesigns ปีที่แล้ว +180

    One of the strangest diets I've read is Dolly Parton's. I read an older biography by her and she explained that she lost the weight she had gained in the 70's by following a chew and spit out diet. She'd "eat" her meal, spitting most of the chewed up food into a cup! This way she'd get to taste the food but eat very few calories. So sadly disordered:(

    • @AVGGGHGGGGGGGGGGGGG
      @AVGGGHGGGGGGGGGGGGG ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That’s straight up an ED

    • @kelb6073
      @kelb6073 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That's an ED. Basically bulimia.

    • @goldiefatale
      @goldiefatale ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are celebrities who still do this because I know them and they do this.

    • @vanessasamayoa9329
      @vanessasamayoa9329 ปีที่แล้ว

      ={

    • @susanforeman8168
      @susanforeman8168 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually that’s a great idea, if it can be afforded

  • @jenniferw1570
    @jenniferw1570 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Hello lovely Laura Jane.
    If you see this I thought you'd find it interesting. My husbands father was a 3rd generation pharmacist. Above the pharmacy is 3 floors of items from era's past.
    When I found a stash of vintage 50's-60's Maybelline makeup, some compacts and bottles, etc., I thought of your channel. This is deadstock, unopened. The colors of iridescent royal blue, jade green, etc., combined with the aesthetic of the packaging is something unique to the era and helps date it.
    There are so many boxes of bottles and jars, anything you can imagine from a turn of the century onwards soda fountain/ pharmacy.
    I didn't see a way to share photos to you. Is anyone out there interested in seeing any photos? Thank you Laura Jane for your wonderful videos, always a relaxing respite from my current class deadlines.

    • @Laurajaneatelier
      @Laurajaneatelier  ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You can send the photos to me on Instagram. That sounds so cool

  • @sugarsnap1000
    @sugarsnap1000 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Drinking smoking and pill popping were the favorites back in the day. The production companies held the women’s weight and measurements, it’s noted ‘water retention’ prior to a period for some.

  • @vintagecherries
    @vintagecherries ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Can you please do a video about Fran Drescher's favorite products (makeup etc) from the 90's? Please please

  • @bevballard7516
    @bevballard7516 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Always love your historical videos about Old Hollywood. It’s great to look back and I love history. ❤

  • @StarOnTheWater
    @StarOnTheWater ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I always thought Jane Russel and Audrey Hepburn were the sanest of the old Hollywood stars.

  • @figurativelydancing
    @figurativelydancing ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Powdered liver is actually extremely good for us girls in many ways beyond weight - totally advise taking it for natural iron absorption & gut health :)

    • @yoanadimitrova8760
      @yoanadimitrova8760 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Liver contains crazy amount of vitamins, minerals etc! It's the original super food.

    • @Bunnidove
      @Bunnidove ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh, but I hate the taste!

    • @figurativelydancing
      @figurativelydancing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *sheeps liver lol

  • @theresapierce3934
    @theresapierce3934 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A lot of these stars had vitamin injections, pain killers, uppers and downers on top of being heavy smokers, which is a well known appetite suppressant.

  • @nixboox
    @nixboox ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I expected you'd have a piece about Joan Crawford, but with a bunch of these old starlets you completely overlook the fact that they got a vast amount of calories from the alcohol they were consuming. We know that Monroe, Crawford, Garland and Taylor were famous for their alcoholism. I wouldn't be surprised if they had entire weeks at a time where they ate nothing but speed and washed it down with booze and Pepsi giving them a caloric deficit. Its way more than just a drive for "thinness" its about the entirely unhealthy relationship that people have with food. Everyone still wants to eat like they're 17th century farm laborers when the hardest thing they do all day is scroll through their phone.

  • @debraenglander9317
    @debraenglander9317 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    And they never questioned their cigarette smoking as a problem

  • @jettanyx1
    @jettanyx1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Judy garland story is especially tragic

  • @okayashe
    @okayashe ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That ice cream sounds good ngl!

  • @MorticiasTwin07
    @MorticiasTwin07 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    If Elvis Presley was prescribed blood pressure medication. And if he followed a more healthier diet and did some exercise he would be alive.

    • @Laurajaneatelier
      @Laurajaneatelier  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Definitely

    • @Scoutmhen
      @Scoutmhen ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And hadn’t been addicted to pain meds that caused him extreme constipation-as we’re told he had a heart attack trying to have a bowel movement. He left us far too young at 42.

    • @tammylewis2408
      @tammylewis2408 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Elvis had a genetic heart condition also killed his mother and daughter at a young age.

  • @nenabunena
    @nenabunena ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Marilyn was only 24.5 inch waist when she was pregnant. She usually had 22-23 waistline. 2nd elvis didn't eat the peanutbutter bacon sandwhiches everday. Lastly he was very sick towards the end of his life, he was both constipated and bloated. It was also a genetic predisposition which his mom and uncles all suffered from. Where'd you get your data? tabs?

    • @SNOWQueen87-v1g
      @SNOWQueen87-v1g ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m pretty sure that she got her information from the internet

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Muching on garlic and onions, I hope Betty stocked up on breath mints.

  • @abirose1754
    @abirose1754 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love your videos, your Edwardian brushes are beautiful, thank you!

  • @laurapeter3857
    @laurapeter3857 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Peanut butter & bacon must be a 50s thing. My mother made peanut butter & bacon sandwiches for us when we were kids. Still a comfort food staple for me but only on occasion.

  • @Christins8818
    @Christins8818 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    They might have had another epigenetic pattern as food supply haven't had been so great int their youth and the life of their parents and grandparents thinking of the wars alone.

  • @ytuseracct
    @ytuseracct ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Elvis sandwhiches were a coping mechanism, for sure

  • @J33-k3s
    @J33-k3s ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I do wonder if some of these diets were just something that was made up by studios or the actors themselves to seem more interesting or like they have special discipline that normal people don't have.

    • @valeriesorensen981
      @valeriesorensen981 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's all made up. All of these people smoked and drank and were taking speed to keep their appetites suppressed.

    • @rebeccadelbridge2998
      @rebeccadelbridge2998 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep. Same as today. They all eat boiled chicken and broccoli apparently. They have never heard of ozempic, adderol, and steroids.

  • @zoot9393
    @zoot9393 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you so much for covering this.

  • @latonyaboateng1087
    @latonyaboateng1087 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hello this is Latonya love your Channel

  • @Redsilas77
    @Redsilas77 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seems a lot of these older diets consisted of tomatoes.

  • @jessicarose586
    @jessicarose586 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love the cat pillow 😄🤣

  • @RaqueLauren
    @RaqueLauren ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Marilyn didn't drink raw eggs. She mixed abd heated the milk and eggs up on a hot plate. It makes a frothy beverage.

    • @Laurajaneatelier
      @Laurajaneatelier  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes I know that it’s mentioned in the video

  • @DalainaRenee
    @DalainaRenee ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That’s crazy how they went to such lengths I could never do that 😅😮

  • @CleoS-vx5pd
    @CleoS-vx5pd ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Don’t forget many of these stars were in their 20’s when famous, and most young healthy bodies easily burn calories better than older ones, irrespective of diet.

  • @godzillamanstreb524
    @godzillamanstreb524 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh wow! Thank you Laura….now I know where my mom got the idea of pb & bacon on english muffins….so good….pb melts & about 3-4 pieces 🥓 ….yum!!🤍

  • @Meljassy
    @Meljassy 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Subscribed 🎉

  • @elizabethowen8559
    @elizabethowen8559 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you please do a video on Doris Roberts? I was such a huge fan of hers ❤

  • @baylorsailor
    @baylorsailor ปีที่แล้ว +22

    3 substantial meals a day for Audrey Hepburn may have worked for her, but that does not work for me whatsoever. I can't eat more than 800-1000 calories a day unless I have a very active day in the sun. I cook all my meals everyday (unless it's a special occasion) which makes a big difference in how many calories are in each meal.

  • @serpentinesecrets6771
    @serpentinesecrets6771 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A loaf of bread stuffed with peanut butter and bacon I’ll take two. I also snack on onions

  • @eri7-11
    @eri7-11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Funny thing is in Japan raw eggs are eaten a lot with little problem. Whole milk would be better if one didn't eat much like MM (who i heard used to skip lunch in the early days) and was very active.

  • @marionmarino1616
    @marionmarino1616 ปีที่แล้ว

    Let’s face it - hunger becomes impossible to ignore. They would lose control, gorge, then have to bring it all back up. Ugh!

  • @mamaluvify
    @mamaluvify ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very interesting

    • @mamaluvify
      @mamaluvify ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are wat you eat😅

    • @Laurajaneatelier
      @Laurajaneatelier  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think so too!

    • @seeingbeyondthroughwithmon6323
      @seeingbeyondthroughwithmon6323 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marilyn Monroe was a Gemini. They tend to be ahead of their time. She was lifting weights before Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.

  • @janicestewart8291
    @janicestewart8291 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    72 hours make me take pause...
    I can believe what alot of them did here, I do question the being up and working 72 hours, even if Judy and Mickey was on drugs to work longer, what did those people around them do to keep up working in those 72 hours? Those people were at work as well, they didnt replace people behind the scenes. They were professionals in their field.
    I honestly think that number, 72 is a stretch. I think seeing all the photos of Judy and Mickey taken constantly you would see their appearance wane. They were always clear eyed and never looked drug down...
    Anyone on those types of drugs for a period of time will show.

  • @Hx3ney
    @Hx3ney ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hold up .. rolling around on the ground?

  • @beckylyon4750
    @beckylyon4750 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My daughter sold Mary Kay she did really well ❤

  • @BrigittePurnell
    @BrigittePurnell ปีที่แล้ว

    Joan C and bette D

  • @Monro.Lapvona
    @Monro.Lapvona ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those elvis presley soundwiches look and sound disgusting

  • @NineWunderland
    @NineWunderland 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    i hate this white stripes. My Eyes are going crazy

  • @llambert6951
    @llambert6951 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You forgot Lana Turner

    • @LoveK1
      @LoveK1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was she supposed to cover every actress?

  • @joyceadams5765
    @joyceadams5765 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Powdered liver?????

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think Marilyn ate boiled liver.

    • @kateaye3506
      @kateaye3506 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It is used as a supplement. It is a huge thing at the moment.

    • @amyV10844
      @amyV10844 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kateaye3506 exactly. Liver is very nutritious and popular right now and it’s nice to have a powdered form in a pill

    • @388Caroline
      @388Caroline ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amyV10844 where can you purchase it?

    • @SoleilBlanc11
      @SoleilBlanc11 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yuck 🤮

  • @OliviaJordanFan
    @OliviaJordanFan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Audrey had bulimia, you should have included that for a more accurate report.

    • @pixi3d3ath47
      @pixi3d3ath47 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Do you have an article/link about it? I tried to look it up and most of the sources state Audrey Hepburn was healthy and never had an eating disorder.

    • @Laurajaneatelier
      @Laurajaneatelier  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I never read that

  • @yoanadimitrova8760
    @yoanadimitrova8760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Merylin eating raw eggs and milk for breakfast as well as just broiled meat and liver for dinner plus the occasional carrot is one of the most nutrient sense diets you could have. She stayed away from carbs, sugars, refined foods and seed oils - how can you eat better than this? Also I eat raw eggs with cream and I add either some decaf coffee or strawberries and u can vouch it's delicious. I'm really put off by you including this anecdote as an example of disordered eating when this is the cleanest diet possible.