Swank’s diet for ‘Million Dollar Baby’ caused her mercury poisoning
January 4th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANILondon, Jan 4 (ANI): Hillary Swank used to be a vegetarian, but she had to gorge on fish to prepare for her role of a female fighter in the movie ‘Million Dollar Baby’, which left her body riddled with mercury poisoning.
The double-Oscar winner, 36, needed a protein-packed diet to build up her strength during filming of the 2004 movie.
So she began devouring huge quantities of fish, leaving her with dangerously high levels of mercury in her blood.
After struggling to get her body back on track, Swank was forced to go back to her vegetarian diet.
“I put on 19 pounds of muscle: I was 29, I was a vegetarian and suddenly I was eating so much fish that I got elevated mercury problems,” the Daily Star quoted her as telling You magazine.
“It plagued me for a couple of years after that movie. When I discovered that my health was suffering, I had to change my diet. So now I eat pork and beef.” (ANI)
- Uday Chopra keen on Hollywood! (Movie Snippets) - Aug 29, 2011
- Junk food saves teen's life from fatal liver disease - Feb 13, 2012
- Bill Clinton Stars on 'Rachael Ray' Show - Sep 20, 2011
- Zarine Khan tries to turn vegetarian - Apr 13, 2012
- 'Cuisines give Indians distinct regional identities' - Sep 27, 2011
- Swank gave up vegetarianism to gain weight - Oct 10, 2009
- Stinking of rotten fish, woman took 10 showers a day - Apr 17, 2012
- Nicole Polizzi Alias Snooki Of 'Jersey Shore' Submits Herself To A Cookie Diet To Diminish Her Weight - Jun 20, 2010
- Shahid promotes vegetarianism in new PETA ad (With Images) - Apr 11, 2011
- Miranda Kerr reveals her health and beauty secrets - Mar 10, 2011
- Chomping on cheese and chilli delights in Bhutan - Apr 29, 2011
- Mendes doesn't mind eating carbohydrates - Aug 12, 2011
- Stewart praises Foster - May 15, 2011
- Kate Winslet doesn't do crash diets - Oct 20, 2011
- Kareena Kapoor gorges on aloo, gobhi paranthas - Jan 20, 2012
Tags: daily star, fish, Health Science, hillary swank, london jan, mercury, million dollar baby, oscar winner, protein, quantities, vegetarian diet