The new celebrity Keto diet feud? How it all started?

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: shahid | In controversy , Health , Wellness

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The Keto diet is been advocated and endorsed by many celebrities these days and they use it for unproven indications and claim to benefit from it. They post before and after images of their body and stress that it was due to the keto diet that they adopted.

However many nutritional experts and doctors are skeptical of the whole thing and have raised doubts about it. American personal trainer Jillian Michaels was one of them but she was at the receiving end from famous TV stars when she stated that she thought that the keto diet was a bad idea and should not be followed.

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What is a keto diet?

The new celebrity Keto diet feud? How it all started? — Source: Green Healthy Cooking (Keto diet)

A keto or ketogenic diet is a high fat, low-carbohydrate, and normal protein diet that was initially used to treat epilepsy in children. But in the last few years, it has become a fad amongst celebrities who have used it for various conditions such as lupus, obesity, and the like and claimed that it has benefited them. Kourtney Kardashian and Tim Tebow and such big names in Hollywood endorsed it as a detox therapy.
But such isolated effectiveness if any cannot be extrapolated to mean that it can be recommended for all patients with those conditions. Some people also developed ketosis after they adopted this diet.

How did the celebrity feud start? Jillian Michaels and her ideas on the Keto diet

Jillian Michaels is not a fan of the keto diet. She labeled the whole thing as a bad idea and explained that there were a million reasons as to why she said so. She was talking to Women’s Health Magazine. Many celebrities took offense to this and began to slam Jillian for her comments.

Al Roker, Andy Cohen, and Vinny Guadagnino and their counter-reaction

The Today host Al Roker decided to enter into the discussion on this matter. He tweeted on 11 January 2018:

“So”@Jillian Michael’s says #Keto is a bad idea. This from a woman who promoted on camera bullying , deprivation, manipulation and more weekly in the name of weight loss. Now those sound like bad ideas.”

He also explained in detail on his show why he is against Jillian’s remark on the Keto diet. He said:

“There’s science on both sides that says it’s not a great idea and science that says it is a good idea. I think it’s up to people — with their doctor, with their medical professional.”

Andy Cohen was not to be left behind. He followed suit and on his show Watch What Happens Life, he commented:

“Don’t feel bad, keto diet. A lot of people think Jillian Michaels is a bad idea.”

Vinny Guadagnino of Jersey Shore Show uploaded his picture before and after he adopted the keto diet on his Instagram for his 694. 3k followers. He captioned it:

“sorry Jill #ketoguido.”

Jillian Michaels’ response

Jillian personally responded to the remarks of Al Roker and Andy Cohen. She tweeted a video for Al Roker:

“First of all, I respect you very much.… and if you want to debate the science of keto, then by all means, let’s do that.”

She put on her Twitter this message for Andy Cohen:

“@Andy I think you single handedly sold a ton of copies of my new book The Six Keys from all the other “jackholes” wondering why they shouldn’t do Keto This “jackhole” thanks you. “

She also posted a video on TMZ where she explained the Keto diet and also said that it was been backed by brands that have a lot of money invested in the product and diet. She said:

“On the most basic level, it should be common sense that this diet is not ideal,”

Jillian called her critics to debate with her on the issue but none have agreed till now.

Whatever the celebrities say, the underlying is that the keto diet should be taken only on a doctor’s advice and under medical supervision. Medical consultation cannot be bypassed since the keto diet may not only be useless but may turn harmful to some people.

Short Bio on Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels is an American personal trainer, businesswoman, author as well as television personality. She became renowned for her TV shows which were broadcast on NBC, ‘The Biggest Loser’ and ‘Losing it with Jillian’. In the fall of 2015, she hosted and co-judged a series on Spike titled Sweat, INC. More Bio…

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