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VLCDs are defined as a diet of 800 kilocalories (3,300 kJ) per day or less. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Modern medically supervised VLCDs use total meal replacements , with regulated formulations in Europe and Canada which contain the recommended daily requirements for vitamins , minerals , trace elements , fatty acids , protein and electrolyte balance .
The New Beverly Hills Diet, an updated version of the original diet, was released in a 1996 book also by Mazel. The original diet details a 42-day dieting plan, while the updated version is only 35 days long. The New Beverly Hills Diet also contains a long-term diet for dieters who have finished the 35-day regimen.
General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, boasted, "We have come to transform the poor Japanese diet of rice, fish, and vegetables into a rich diet of bread, meat, and milk." [3] Furthermore, when flour became freely sold in 1952, the Nutrition Improvement Law was enacted, aiming to promote Westernization of the diet.