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Diet Savants
The rich have a new kind of bodyguard: Body gurus who use acupuncture, blood tests, and biofeedback to deliver weight loss and energy. By Judith Newman
They cajole, they coach -- and sometimes they scold. They are the superstar nutritionists, acupuncturists, and food shrinks -- the wellness pooh-bahs -- whose ultimate goal is to make you (as nutritionist Jairo Rodriguez puts it) TLG: Tight, Lean, and Gorgeous. Their approaches may differ widely, but they have two things in common: a celebrity following and an almost cultlike devotion from those hell-bent on bodily perfection, or at least purification. There are more private nutrition ...