Diet "Doctor" Gillian McKeith bites the dust

Exmoor Cat · Post by **Exmoor Cat** » 2007-02-13 03:40am

McKeith got her Dr title with a 46 page essay

This Lady's been all over the papers, TV and bookstores, just been outed as a quack.

For years, ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith has used her title to sell TV shows, diet books and herbal sex pills. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in. Yet the real problem is not what she calls herself, but the mumbo-jumbo she dresses up as scientific fact, says Ben Goldacre…

Monday February 12, 2007
The Guardian

Call her the Awful Poo Lady, call her Dr Gillian McKeith PhD: she is an empire, a multi-millionaire, a phenomenon, a prime-time TV celebrity, a bestselling author. She has her own range of foods and mysterious powders, she has pills to give you an erection, and her face is in every health food store in the country. Scottish Conservative politicians want her to advise the government. The Soil Association gave her a prize for educating the public. And yet, to anyone who knows the slightest bit about science, this woman is a joke.

Big Orange · Post by **Big Orange** » 2007-02-13 06:58am

Her diet tips seem to be based on common sense rather than science (ie stop eating crap and excercise).

Exmoor Cat · Post by **Exmoor Cat** » 2007-02-13 07:27am

On the surface, but looknig in depth at her reccomendations, it is somewhat obsessive on soem weird and random pseudo-science.

Big Orange · Post by **Big Orange** » 2007-02-13 07:47am

Healthy diet is common sense, but please give examples of her psuedo-science.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2007-02-13 08:20am

Big Orange wrote:Healthy diet is common sense, but please give examples of her psuedo-science.

Have you read the Badscience article? She thinks you can replenish your DNA by eating algae.