GWYNETH Paltrow’s newly revealed “wellness routine” is “dangerous” and could result in an “eating disorder,” a dietician has warned.
In a recent podcast episode of The Art of Being Well with Dr. Will Cole, Paltrow revealed her daily routine, shocking the internet with social media users calling her an “almond mom.”
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An “almond mom” is a term used for someone – typically a parent – who passes on unhealthy food beliefs or disordered eating habits to their kids.
Registered dietitian nutritionist Deanna Wolfe shared her expert opinion about Paltrow’s wellness routine exclusively with The U.S. Sun, warning it’s “not well in my eyes.”
Wolfe believes Paltrow’s eating habits are very restrictive, which could lead to an eating disorder in those who imitate the routine.
The dietitian also thinks it’s “very dangerous” for Paltrow to exercise without eating a sufficient amount of food.
In a video clip of the podcast posted on TikTok, Dr. Cole asks Paltrow what her “wellness routine” looks like now.
Paltrow replied: “I eat dinner early in the evening. I do a nice intermittent fast. I usually eat something about 12pm.”
But Wolfe warned that Paltrow is “fasting for much longer than even a normal fast would be.”
“Potentially there’s a lot of research on fasting [being helpful] for men, but women’s hormones can be affected by fasting so much that I really don’t recommend fasting for most women,” she said.
Wolfe added that when fasting, “most women are then overeating at night.”
Paltrow revealed when she does break her fast in the morning, she opts to eat and drink things that “won’t spike my blood sugar.”
“I have coffee, I’ll have a celery juice with lemon, lemon water,” she said in the podcast.
“Coffee is not a meal,” Wolfe said.
“I really try to get clients, even if you don’t feel hungry in the morning to eat breakfast, and it can just impact your day so much better than fasting.”
She recommended having “a good source of protein, some carbs, and some fat to tie us over for a good three hours.”
Some examples of a healthy breakfast are egg and avocado toast or Greek yogurt, berries, and chopped nuts, Wolfe said.
‘VERY DANGEROUS’
When it comes to exercise, Paltrow said she aims to do one hour of movement between breakfast and lunch, such as taking a walk or doing Pilates.
But Wolfe said the revelation that she typically enjoys having soup or bone broth for lunch, raised alarm bells.
“I would not want somebody exercising when they’re eating this little,” she said.
“It would be like exercising when you’re sick, when you’re eating soup all day.
“It’s very dangerous to exercise without enough fuel from food.”
For dinner, Paltrow revealed she eats according to the paleo diet, “so lots of vegetables,” she told Dr. Cole.
She pairs veggies with “any kind of fish or birds” and a carbohydrate like sweet potato noodles.
Paltrow said: “It’s really important for me to support my detox,” when explaining her wellness routine.
She said that she is not a “natural detoxer,” adding that she has “trouble with methylation.”
Methylation is an essential part of the detoxification process in your body.
“A lot of people, it’s absolutely a part of their biology and process,” she explained. “I’m not one of those people, so I get impacted by things more heavily.”
Wolfe said it is very rare for people to be unable to detox naturally, pointing out that’s what our livers and kidneys are designed for.
“The number one word [dietitians] hate the most is detox,” she said.
“We literally want to scream because nobody needs to physically go on a food detox.”
The dietitian explained that “our liver and kidneys are designed to filter toxins out.”
‘NOT WELL’
Wolfe said that after viewing the clip from Paltrow’s interview, she was concerned that the star’s routine “is not well.”
“I work with a lot of women with disordered eating and cannot diagnose her,” the dietitian said.
However, if this was a client of mine, I would want them “to get more help because [her routine is] really centered around not eating a lot and making sure she has to work out for a certain amount of time,” she explained.
Wolfe said that “a certain percentage of people that just diet or start wellness habits actually go on to develop an eating disorder.”
“So we know that while maybe you’re just doing it for wellness at the beginning, it can lead into that, which is scary,” she said.
Wolfe believes in “nutrition by addition instead of nutrition via restriction,” which means adding healthy foods to your meals rather than taking away foods you may deem unhealthy.
The dietitian shared some red flags of undereating, that you should look out for in friends or loved ones.
“Things that we see potentially are women losing or missing their periods,” she said.
Wolfe added that you might be “constipated cause you’re not eating enough in general to have regular bowel movements.”
“You have low energy, you have trouble recovering or seeing progress in your workouts,” she added.
Also fasting, for women, “can lead to irregular periods,” Wolfe warned.
After receiving backlash from the clip, Paltrow responded to some of the online comments.
“I eat far more than bone broth and vegetables,” she said.
The actress and founder of the wellness brand Goop added: “I eat full meals and I also have a lot of days of eating whatever I want and eating french fries and whatever, but my baseline really has been to try to be healthy and to eat foods that will really calm the system down.”
Paltrow explained that the podcast “was a transparent look at a conversation between me and my doctor.
“It’s not meant to be advice for anybody else. It’s really just what has worked for me.”
She said that she’s been working with Dr. Cole for over two years “to deal with some chronic stuff and I have long Covid and the way it manifests for me is very high levels of inflammation over time.”
Paltrow’s reps and Goop were approached for comment by The U.S. Sun.
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