The United States was able to play a secondary, but significant, role in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion because of the large number of American ships and troops deployed in the Philippines as a result of the U.S. conquest of the islands during the Spanish American War (1898) and the subsequent Philippine-American War.
When you're on a low-calorie diet, you usually get between 800 and 1,500 calories a day. For some people, an alternative for short-term weight loss is a very low-calorie diet. Many very low-calorie diets are commercially-made formulas of 800 calories or fewer that replace all the food you usually eat.
Let me preface this by saying I have had no luck with losing weight on a standard 1200 calorie diet that included a variety of foods. I have just started the ideal protein diet, which is an extreme low carb diet with a total calorie intake of 800 calories per day. It consists of 3 shakes, 4 cups of vegetables, and 8 oz of lean protein per day.