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(More customer reviews)9 modern obese Brits agree to a Diet Reality show which includes an experiment of weight loss through the use of 3 old British diets. There is also a competition between 3 teams of 3. Diets vary for each team: Edwardian diet team; Victorian diet team; and Roaring 20s calorie-controlled diet team. Who will win? Which diet is best? If any. The show covers 6 episodes, a total of 24 days at the beautiful Victorian country house turned into diet center. I'd love to visit the estate, but not for the diet plan.
The show was obviously created for entertainment, but it also provides a documentary of 3 old diets that many or may not work for today's lifestyles. It is an experiment in the validity of the diets as well as the tenacity & willpower of the diet needy participants. It's fun getting to know the over-eaters.
The diets are: Victorian-meat, no carbs; Edwardian-chew, chew, 32 times, but anything; and 1920s-celery, veggies, celery, fruit, 1200 cal. a day.
Even costumes are provided, period perfect, as well as exercise in historic methods. Many other weird historic diet measures are introduced: ice-water bath, nude exercise, paper chase, erotic dance, sand bath, sun bath, steam, colonic irrigation, army drills, etc. Not all you witness would likely be recommended by your family physician. Education provided for the 9 participants vary from a fat pig dissection, weight loss comparisons to hampers of potatoes and lard bricks, farm market, clothing, child-birthing by the obese, etc.
It is sometimes alarming, sometimes funny, sometimes educational. Through it all, it is entertaining. Who will survive? Who will loose? Who will change forever? Who will cheat? Who needs psychological help? I'll not spoil your fun by divulging the diet results.
Episodes are: 1 Measuring Up, 2Burning It Off, 3 The Great Outdoors, 4 The Great Insides, 5 The Slimming Drill, 6 Extreme Measures.
A warning on the box says "Contains nudity, coarse language, and medical scenes". This DVD is not kid or family friendly as it contains full nudity, men and women, and some very crude-obscene vulgarity. No subtitles. It also has a very good, basic, diet perspective.
Might be good entertainment and motivation for the frequent dieter.
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9 Brits try losing weight the old-fashioned way
A century ago, women\'s waists were 10 inches smaller, and the average man was 20 pounds lighter. What did our grandparents know that we have forgotten? Fit and trim historian Sir Roy Strong takes nine overweight volunteers back in time to find the answers. Divided into teams, the participants try weight-loss plans from three different eras. The Victorian diet consists mostly of meat. The Edwardians are allowed to eat whatever they want--provided they chew each bite 32 times. The final team is assigned to a calorie-controlled diet popular in the Roaring \'20s.
In this one-of-a-kind British reality show, a magnificent Victorian country house becomes an early 1900s health spa. The volunteers wear period dress and take part in fitness regimens of the past, including cold baths, dancing, military drills, and some more unusual practices. Who will slim down the most? What life-changing lessons can we learn from our ancestors? And does history hold the answer to the world\'s obesity epidemic?
Contains nudity, coarse language, and medical scenes
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