Notable Users of Diet
Karen Carpenter began using the diet in her teens. In 1967 she began dieting. Under a doctor's guidance, Karen, who stood 5'4" and weighed 145 pounds, went on the Stillman Diet. She rigorously ate lean foods, drank 8 glasses of water a day, and avoided fatty foods. By September 1975, Karen's weight dropped to 91 pounds. In 1983 she died of complications related to anorexia nervosa. It is important to bear in mind that Dr. Stillman recommended his 'Quick Weight Loss Diet' to people who were dangerously overweight, and who needed to shed pounds very quickly in order to relieve the stress on their organs, in particular their hearts. Karen Carpenter might have misguidedly followed his eating regime, but not at Dr. Stillman's instruction or recommendation.
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