Dr Gillian McKeith - You are what you eat

[Demented]

Is anyone trying this?

I have lost almost 2 1/2 stone following a bit of my own diet and a bit of WW. I have stocked up on some pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and flax seeds. I have been munching on the pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds half the day, they are very nice. Not sure where to go from here, not helped by the fact the DH has taken the book away and is reading it himself having decided to take some action.

Any experiences with the eating plan would be gratefully received.

Thing is you can't argue with the results. I do think it was the longest shopping trip in history!!Bozza very good point - I almost thought of putting myself forward but didn't fancy the teenagers I teach knowing my real weight! I just been to doctor who says weight is not a medical issue and I just need to sort myself out! this was not helpful as unlike Dr G he gave me no advice at all. I hope that this woman can help me but no obvious weight loss yet.

I assume the book has recipes in it as well as just general advice?

Oh, and I'm sorry, but I'm not eating Miso soup for breakfast, no matter what anyone says !!!

Couldn;t do this - it would take opver my life and I did stop dairy and red meat for a period of time in my early 20s and got really sick - Dr told me off for being so stupid and said the best diet to follow was not too much processed crap and sugar and lots of fresh fruit and veg and salad and lean red or white meat - oh and don't go bonkers on carbs but do eat them.

Twink, I think thats the problem, these recommendations take over your whole life, so you can't get on with other things, which must make you completely food obsessed, not good for anyone wanting to lose weight I guess.

I don't have much to lose (have dropped a stone this year already, just by moving around after 8 months in a wheelchair), so could do it I think by continuing to eat less. Dh needs to lose at least 3 stone by my reckoning, he won't let me know what he weighs, and I need to find something we can work into his busy and stressful routine

I agree that less extreme cases ought to be taken on for the programme. I'm about 2st overweight but have nearly always had a very good diet. In fact the only time I was very slim was between marriages when I ate next to nothing and drank like a fish! I'm sure I was nowhere near a picture of health.
I saw a dietician recently and she analysed my diet and said it was very healthy. Trouble with me is that I'm just bloody greedy and I don't exercise enough. The only way I can stop eating certain foods is on matters of principle, I've found. e.g. I haven't been to macdonalds for 3 years now as I hate the organisation; I won't eat cheap, over-processed crap or ready meals as I think they're a waste of money and really unhealthy.
I guess I just need to get off my fat backside and exercise!

I'm not for giving up wine, dairy products or red meat, although I don't consume much in the way of dairy or red meat!

Does anyone else think that Dr Gillian looks unhealthy???

DH and I are thinking about changing our eating habits. Would like to know what everyone thinks of the book, i.e. is it a diet book or a lifestyle book.

Wellsie, I agree she doesn't look a picture of glowing health. Mind you if she spoke to me like the subjects in her programme she'd have a broken nose as well!

LOL Easy. Thought she was out of line this week when she started having a go at the Dad for baking bread - you could see he was getting ready to escort her out of the house, probably with a swift kick up her boney bum!!

according to the guardian she "bought" her phD and lied on her CV...

Just want to say that her recipes are not for dumb brained people like me. I was making the hearty lentil stew tonight and it didn't mention how much water to throw in so I just chucked in a pint and it wasn't enough...Plus she forgets to mention when to put the lentils in, and like a plonker I almost miss them out completely.

It is most definitely a "diet" even though she harps on about it not being a faddy diet. Telling people to cut out a food group and not combining proteins and carbs in the same meal is a diet! Plus you are spending so much time running around the place trying to find the ingredients that you don't need to do any blinking morning afternoon or evening trampoline bouncing!
Ahhhh rant over.
Mind you the lentil stew is okay

Missed last nights programme and have just bought a bread maker - what did she say to the dad about baking bread - good or bad?

Bad I am afraid. Too much sugar, yeast and gluten. Plus she put half a tub of marg on!

Does anyone know where to get the recipe for the "good" bread? I think it had quinoa in it (doesn't everything)

Her phd is from a non-accredited college in the US. She's a charlatan I tell you.

Quinoa is disgusting I have to say! I feel disillusioned now why do people find it necessary to buy their qualifications instead of working for them. Guess i answered my own question there! Agree with moomin that I need to move my butt and exercise - chair aerobics seems like a nice idea

Dr Gillian McKeith spent some of her high school years living in the same town as I do now. Our local paper has an interview with her today. On the subject of her qualifications the report says:-

"Ho;wever, recent reports that she was using a PhD gained by post from an on-line American university to call herself a doctor forced her to explain her unorthodox rise to fame.

Blaming illness as the reason she steered away from traditional education, she concentrated on teaching herself. In a recent interview in a national paper, she claimed she was out to challenge orthodox opinion rather than mislead the public.

Gillian told the Press (our local paper) that her choice to study neuroscience linguistics and language at ERdinburgh University was wrong so she began a massive programme of retraining.

She studied health and nutrition in the States and admitted, "If there's a course going I'm on it"

Recent strings to her bow include certificates in acupuncture, oriental medicine and herbs."

Later in the article she goes on to talk about her own illness and how she got better through eating well.

Anyone else think it is a bit of a coincidence that they all seem to have lost 2 stones when it comes to the reveal every week? I know the dad lost a bit more this week but more often than not they lose 2 stones and it just strikes me as a bit odd. I'm fed up of seeing morbidly obese, junk food eating, pop swilling, couch potatoes and wish they would just have some ordinary people on. What about someone who is quite thin but has a terrible diet?

From watching this programme, I put my PMT down to a lack of B6/B12, low libido is due to lack of zinc and I'm possibly slightly anaemic and probably also suffering from yeast overload (though I don't eat much bread but overdo the sugar). Who else inspects their tongue/feet/poo after watching?

I've got yeast overload too (vile feet), although they have got much better since losing weight as I have drastically cut down on bread. I think she recommends a supplement to take as help your body deal with the yeast a bit better (Biotin? not got the book in front of me) I think I'm going to try it as I would find it impossible to cut out bread completely.

Demented,

I would try live yoghurt as a way of treating your yeast probs, certainly helped me when I suffered recurrent thrush (which is a yeast infection).

I don't see why this 'Dr' says you need to eat pumpkin seeds etc rather than take zinc supplements, but advises Biotin supplement rather than live bacteria in yoghurt

Julian Graves has run out of sunflower seeds, and stocks of walnuts are deminishing rapidly. There are no sunflower seeds in any of their warehouses.( I just bought 500g pumpkin seeds today)

The nation will be pebbledashing the loo and having lots of sex

Interesting, is Biotin basically a good bacteria supplement? I used to take Acidophillous regularly but still had gross feet. I like live yoghurt but tend to favour Total Greek 0% with some honey as I feel it is really natural, however I don't have a tub of it in the house or I would check but it's ringing a bell that it is live too, will check at the supermarket later.

Our local Holland & Barrett was all out of organic Sunflower seeds yesterday.

The Total yoghurt is live, I eat about four to six small pots a week.