Marilyn Monroe was and still is one of Hollywood’s biggest icons who has influenced movies, fashion, and even body standards. The blonde bombshell had the curves and complexion built on a “bizarre” diet that some might or might not be 100% willing to try.
In 1953, Monroe gave an interview to Pageant magazine, where she described her daily diet. Her meal choices were sometimes based on her quick and busy lifestyle as an actor and model, and focused more on keeping her full and with enough protein to get through her day.
Even the Don’t Bother to Knock actor admitted that any doctor would see her diet as missing more fiber and vegetables. In today’s age, some fans might instead see her diet as not far off from bulking up on protein or similar to a carnivore diet. The Hollywood icon was told before that her eating habits are “absolutely bizarre,” but you can be the judge.
For breakfast, Monroe would whip two raw eggs into a cup of warm milk. Raw eggs are now seen as not the safest foods to consume due to their high chances of salmonella, but in the 1950s it was seen largely as a whole, body-building or convenience food.
Even mothers were advised to introduce raw or lightly cooked egg yolks to a child at four months. During that era, studies on cholesterol were still inconclusive until the 1960s and 1980s.
“Before I take my morning shower, I start warming a cup of milk on the hot plate I keep in my hotel room. When it’s hot, I break two raw eggs into the milk, whip them up with a fork, and drink them while I’m dressing. I supplement this with a multivitamin pill, and I doubt if any doctor could recommend a more nourishing breakfast for a working girl in a hurry,” said Monroe.
Monroe was the most in-demand star of her era, and it often led her to skip lunch and focus more on dinner. She would opt for a broiled liver, steak, or a piece of lamb as her main source of protein. On the side was nothing but five carrots.
“I must be part rabbit; I never get bored with raw carrots… It’s a good thing, I suppose, that I eat simply during the day,” she said.
When it came to dessert, Monroe pushed aside any dietary restrictions and indulged in a hot-fudge sundae on her way home from her drama class. It was reported that Monroe liked to enjoy her sundaes at Wil Wright’s ice-cream parlor, which is a California ice-cream producer known for its extremely high fat content.
Alongside her diet, Monro prioritized her beauty sleep, sleeping from five to 10 hours a night. She also only used one down comforter, no matter the weather, and went without pajamas because they would “disturb” her sleep. To keep her figure, she would work out for 10 minutes each morning with small weights.
“I have evolved my own exercises, for the muscles I wish to keep firm, and I know they are right for me because I can feel them putting the proper muscles into play as I exercise,” she explained.
At 5’5″, Monroe’s was known for being “plus-sized” in her time and weighed between 115 and 120 pounds, with her heaviest having been 140 in the late 1950s.
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