Truth about british diet!

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  • AZ_Danny
    AZ_Danny Posts: 50 Member
    Back when I had cable I'd watch BBC America and there was a show.. I can't remember what it's called... but basically this woman would come to your house, lay out all the food you'd eat in a week and it was absolutely disgusting.

    I'm sure all the people on the show only lost weight FOR the show and then gained it all back... but still, it really made you think about the foods you're putting in your mouth
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    She's just bloated and holding water, lol. Which is what you'd expect from eating a lot more sugar and higher sodium than usual.
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    She's just bloated and holding water, lol. Which is what you'd expect from eating a lot more sugar and higher sodium than usual.

    Yep.
    A week is not a significant enough amount of time for an experiment like this.

    The other thing, she was eating 2,250 calories per day. Why did she have to eat the much? I can guarantee if she ate at her maintainence or a deficit she would have stayed the same or lost weight. But she says she is eating more calories than what she would normally so how is that a fair comparison?
  • rachaelgifford
    rachaelgifford Posts: 320 Member
    Back when I had cable I'd watch BBC America and there was a show.. I can't remember what it's called... but basically this woman would come to your house, lay out all the food you'd eat in a week and it was absolutely disgusting.

    I'm sure all the people on the show only lost weight FOR the show and then gained it all back... but still, it really made you think about the foods you're putting in your mouth

    Gillian McKeith? Crazy Scottish lady?
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Back when I had cable I'd watch BBC America and there was a show.. I can't remember what it's called... but basically this woman would come to your house, lay out all the food you'd eat in a week and it was absolutely disgusting.

    I'm sure all the people on the show only lost weight FOR the show and then gained it all back... but still, it really made you think about the foods you're putting in your mouth

    Gillian McKeith? Crazy Scottish lady?

    Is she the crazy poo lady? one programme of hers I watched, she had the people on it poo in a box and she examined their poos and told them all of what was wrong with their diet from their poo. And on the wall in the bathroom there was a scuplture of what the ideal, healthy poo looks like.
  • SarahRose35
    SarahRose35 Posts: 127 Member
    Back when I had cable I'd watch BBC America and there was a show.. I can't remember what it's called... but basically this woman would come to your house, lay out all the food you'd eat in a week and it was absolutely disgusting.

    I think you might be talking about Secret Eaters? I watched the majority of all 4 seasons on Youtube, it's interesting what people think they eat vs how much they actually eat. Some were eating 4000 BEFORE lunchtime, crazy. Then they are confused how they are so overweight....
  • AZ_Danny
    AZ_Danny Posts: 50 Member
    Back when I had cable I'd watch BBC America and there was a show.. I can't remember what it's called... but basically this woman would come to your house, lay out all the food you'd eat in a week and it was absolutely disgusting.

    I'm sure all the people on the show only lost weight FOR the show and then gained it all back... but still, it really made you think about the foods you're putting in your mouth

    Gillian McKeith? Crazy Scottish lady?

    Is she the crazy poo lady? one programme of hers I watched, she had the people on it poo in a box and she examined their poos and told them all of what was wrong with their diet from their poo. And on the wall in the bathroom there was a scuplture of what the ideal, healthy poo looks like.

    haha that's the one!
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    She's just bloated and holding water, lol. Which is what you'd expect from eating a lot more sugar and higher sodium than usual.

    Yeah, I'd tend to agree. I couldn't watch the first link, but read over the second. If the article was accurate there is no way that 5 lbs in 7 days is anything but water and bloating. At 250 extra calories there wasn't enough eaten to be 1 whole pound of fat added. In the past when I was doing a low carb thing I'd lose weight when I cut out bread, but after reintroducing it got some of the bloating and water gain. She went from a more nature based diet to processed foods. The sodium alone would account for that much weight.
  • ron2e
    ron2e Posts: 606
    It's worth reading this about that lady here -

    http://www.badscience.net/2007/02/ms-gillian-mckeith-banned-from-calling-herself-a-doctor/

    Ben Goldacre is a medical doctor who campaigns against bad science and snake oil salesmen of all types including big Pharma.
  • Claireabo84
    Claireabo84 Posts: 6
    Back when I had cable I'd watch BBC America and there was a show.. I can't remember what it's called... but basically this woman would come to your house, lay out all the food you'd eat in a week and it was absolutely disgusting.

    I'm sure all the people on the show only lost weight FOR the show and then gained it all back... but still, it really made you think about the foods you're putting in your mouth

    Sounds like Gillian McKeith's You Are What You Eat! although her diet actually is poop, she eats like a bird! nuts and seeds - bleugh
  • Claireabo84
    Claireabo84 Posts: 6
    Back when I had cable I'd watch BBC America and there was a show.. I can't remember what it's called... but basically this woman would come to your house, lay out all the food you'd eat in a week and it was absolutely disgusting.

    I'm sure all the people on the show only lost weight FOR the show and then gained it all back... but still, it really made you think about the foods you're putting in your mouth

    Gillian McKeith? Crazy Scottish lady?

    Is she the crazy poo lady? one programme of hers I watched, she had the people on it poo in a box and she examined their poos and told them all of what was wrong with their diet from their poo. And on the wall in the bathroom there was a scuplture of what the ideal, healthy poo looks like.

    Oh god, the poo - i'd forgotten about the poo! WHY????!!!!
  • Kayden1986
    Kayden1986 Posts: 189 Member
    i know that's what "a lot" of people in the UK eat, but I found it really disturbing and frankly a bit insulting, Most people at least try to watch what they eat, even if its one or two meals in the day. I could never eat like that, and they always dramatize it or find the worst eaters / diet in the world for these shows or documentaries. there was one a few days ago saying exercise does not cause weight loss

    .....

    yes I know. TV is utter ****e these days lol
  • lua_
    lua_ Posts: 258 Member
    Of course ALL British people eat like that. ALL Americans eat canned cheese and XXL hamburgers every day, right? :bigsmile:
    I'm not offended at all, I just find it funny that articles/tv programmes make such huge generalisations in order to sensationalise their sh*tty research

    Also: Gillian McKeith is a f*cking psychopath. I would gladly sit and eat a burger in front of that woman. She's roughly the same age as Nigella Lawson...:noway:

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