Megastar Sharon Cuneta has disclosed that she is now on a crash diet so that she can rapidly lose weight for her upcoming movie under Star Cinema.

Currently, the megastar shared that she is “basically [staying] away from carbohydrates.”

 “It's more severe version of the south beach diet,” the best actress awardee said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.

Health experts do not recommend crash diet for long-term weight loss and it is considered to be an extreme form of dieting because of nutritional deprivations. 

Many Hollywood actors would go on a crash diet in preparation for a movie.

Cuneta said she would not recommend crash diet to anyone because it is “not so very healthy.” The megastar, however, said she is still doing it because she has no other choice.

“I won't shoot until I'm good already physically. I want to be worthy of being called a leading lady by my Sharonians," she said.
 
Reports said Cuneta is set to do a reunion movie with her former boyfriend Richard Gomez.

Meanwhile, the megastar is busy preparing for her concert tours in the United States.

Her first US concert will be held in Las Vegas on May 21. She will then proceed to Reno, Nevada on May 24. She is also scheduled to do shows in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Los Angeles, California and Houston, Texas. 

Cuneta celebrated her 30th anniversary in show business and her 43rd birthday last January 9 with a “mega” concert at the Araneta Coliseum. She was included on People Asia Magazine's People of the Year 2008.