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Guardians Update: Gamora and Zoe Saldana Start Dieting

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One of the biggest perks of social media platforms like Instagram is the peek it can give fans into celebrities’ lives or the set of a movie, and the most recent example of that perk is coming from the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 set! Zoe Saldana, who plays the green-skinned Gamora, is sharing humorous looks at her days on set while she (as Gamora) goes on a dietary cleanse. 
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Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Vin Diesel as Groot, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, and Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. Zoe wears green makeup as Gamora. Credit: Marvel

 
The cleanse is a Clean Program by Dr. Alejandro Junger called Clean 21; it is 21 days long, and Zoe posted on Instagram about the program when she started it, saying that she is a big believer in the “@cleanprogram and @dralejandrojunger advice on clean living. Alejandro encourages you to seek truth through your body’s innate capacity to heal itself, a process your body can only achieve by eating clean. I’ve never been a fan of starting a year with too much pressure, but this year I was particularly invested in achieving true serenity by feeling good. So here we go”.
 
Zoe Saldana also thanked Dr. Alejandro Junger personally, saying “thank you Ale for being a true friend and mentor while I navigate life as a full-time everything. P.S. This is not an ad, I’ve been doing The Clean Program for over 10 years and it has made a true believer out of me”.
 
Since Zoe isn’t Gamora on the weekends, usually, some of the videos about her 21-day diet don’t involve green skin. Take a look at the Gamora videos below! Most of the videos involve Gamora drinking shakes or eating healthy snacks like fruits or nuts while the film crew or her hair and makeup team snack on desserts nearby in her makeup trailer.
 
 
 
 
 
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While Gamora’s dieting experience is a humorous idea, and offers a fun behind-the-scenes look into the filming of the Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, it’s also a conscious health choice for the actress behind the green skin. Zoe Saldana is known for prioritizing her health, not only due to her upbringing but also due to Hashimoto’s disease. She has been vocal in the past about her focus on clean eating, strengthening exercises, and the importance of mental health.

 
 
 
 
 
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The cleanse that Zoe Saldana (and Gamora) are currently doing is called the Clean Program, and it’s a 21-day cleanse that involves drinking nutritional shakes, avoiding sweets, and avoiding the following food groups that could potentially cause inflammation: dairy, eggs, nightshades, soy, gluten, strawberries, corn, or red meat.

 
 
 
 
 
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The program was created by Dr. Alejandro Junger MD, who has also written books about the Clean Program. According to the website, the Clean 21 version of the program costs $475 and “is a 21-Day program of shakes, herbs, and supplements that allow the body to restore its natural ability to heal itself”.

 
 
 
 
 
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Zoe Saldana and her husband Marco Perego Saldana. Credit: @zoesaldana

Aside from her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Zoe Saldana is also known for playing Neytiri in the James Cameron Avatar movie series (with Avatar 2 coming soon after years of delay) as well as Lieutenant Uhura in the Star Trek movies. She has also starred in several action movies and dramas.

The actress and mom has often shared glimpses into her personal life or glimpses of her family on social media, particularly her three sons and her husband Marco Perego Saldana who is an Italian artist and a former soccer player. 

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Sharon is a writer and animal lover from New England. Sharon's two main focuses in her work are Disney's correlations with pop culture and the significance of Disney princesses (which was the basis for her college thesis). When she's not writing about Disney, Sharon spends her time singing, dancing, and cavorting with woodland creatures!

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