WARNING: CELEBRITIES ARE PROBABLY RUINING YOUR HEALTH!

That’s right celebrities are probably ruining your health. Not just because their TV shows cause us to sit on our bums for hours glued to the old goggle box, but because many of them, either implicitly condone or explicitly declare their love of highly questionable health and nutrition practices!

GWYNETH PALTROW...

Probably the biggest culprit of this is Chris Martin’s former wife Gwyneth Paltrow, for she is the brains behind the company GOOP. Just one of the many highly questionable ideas which GOOP pedal are the benefits of vaginal steaming, despite there being little, if any scientific evidence to support it.

Surprisingly, many of her 2 million plus twitter followers vehemently believe in what she says. Personally, how you can trust anyone who refers to the ending of their marriage as a ‘conscious uncoupling’ when the rest of us call it a ‘split’ is beyond me!

BEYONCE…

Old Gwynnie and GOOP may be Champions League level when it comes to spouting claptrap but there’s plenty of other celebrities out there giving it a good go too. Detoxes or cleanses garner lots of support in the celebrity world, with Beyonce being one of their most vocal supporters. The only problem is, there is little, if any evidence that they actually work (you can see a theme emerging here can’t you?). Supporters claim they rid the body of toxins but in reality, the human body does a very good job at this every time you go for a wee!

JUICING…

In a similar vein, you then get the celebrities who are into their ‘juicing’.  They just have to be seen strolling down the street sipping on some sort of coloured juice normally green in colour. These guys may not vocalise their support for it, but the very fact that they get pictured holding a cup of it gives it a hefty nod of approval in the minds of their adoring fans. Granted, juicing may be a way of consuming more fruit and veg but claims that it detoxifies the body are once again largely unfounded.

TOWIE…

Then there’s the good people TOWIE whom I believe began coining the phrase ‘no carbs before Marbs’ which we’re reliably informed by a former cast member Lucy Mecklenburgh caused ‘a lot of young people to stop eating carbs’. Which is a real shame because the much-demonised macronutrient has several benefits. According to the NHS, carbohydrates provide the body with much needed fibre and energy. Anyway, regardless of whether you think carbohydrates are good or a bad, one thing is for sure: cutting them from your diet for the long term is near impossible.

IT’S NOT ALL BAD THOUGH...

Before you cancel your subscription to OK! you must remember that some celebrities use their influence wisely. Michael J. Fox and the late Christopher Reeve have done wonders for increasing research into Parkinson’s disease and spinal injuries.

IN CONCLUSION...

Although this seems like a systematic slagging off celebrities it’s really not meant to be. However misinformed they may be, I’m almost certain that they genuinely believe in the treatments that they advocate. In some ways celebrities are victims themselves. Victims of being under tremendous pressure to look ever-young and stay slim, and in doing so they will happily try anything to remain that way. If anything, perhaps this article is more a of a critique of why many of us allow the ill-informed words and actions of celebrities to trump the overwhelming evidence provided by the significantly more well-informed scientific community! 

If you enjoyed this article I urge you to read the book ‘Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?’ by the excellent Timothy Caulfield.

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