Freelee the Banana Girl...SMH

MSeel1984
MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Terrifying. Just...truly. Check it out on youtube.

Listening to her talk scares me. There's so much misinformation about balanced diets out there...she markets herself as if the way she eats is the way all humans are supposed to eat and anyone who eats higher protein is ridiculous...
So scary.
Anybody else have opinions on this individual? People should be more careful about what they put out there for everyone to see...this could be a lawsuit waiting to happen.
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  • ingehooper
    ingehooper Posts: 37 Member
    I dont like her videos at all. She mainly acts like her way is best and everyone else is gross and wrong.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    More or less. Her boyfriend is a tool too.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    MSeel1984 wrote: »
    More or less. Her boyfriend is a tool too.

    Apparently if you eat meat, you'll get tapeworms according to one of his videos.
    What he doesn't realize is anything can have tapeworm eggs on it, and it's not limited to meat eaters.

    I like that they promote eating organic produce. What I don't like is that they promote a restrictive diet, encourage people to eat "unlimited calories to lose weight", and, as you said, they are in general jerks to everyone who disagrees with their opinion.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    She's hot.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    She's hot.

    No denying she's gorgeous...
    She's also very...very wrong.
  • CrittleCrattle
    CrittleCrattle Posts: 4 Member
    I discovered her channel back at the beginning of the year and was pretty horrified by her willingness to tell everyone they are "doing it wrong" without any evidence. I'm a pretty open minded person, so I spent a lot of time watching her videos and giving her a shot to not sound so insane. I was mostly hoping that somewhere along the line she would provide some incredible sources, but that of course never happened. I just can't support someone who isn't interested in sharing anything but anecdotal evidence.
  • thinkpositive92
    thinkpositive92 Posts: 111 Member
    She is crazy! I had to physically stop myself from giving her a nasty comment the first time I saw one of her videos. :angry:
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I bet she takes epic dumps.
  • Runcakes
    Runcakes Posts: 92 Member
    I think she's misinformed and criticizes everyone else's diets but her own.
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  • nykismile
    nykismile Posts: 198
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Freelee is an idiot. An uneducated, pompous moron. Her world views are ignorant and it's sad that people have such low self esteem that they look to her as a role model.

    +1
  • nykismile
    nykismile Posts: 198
    Freelee gives vegans a bad name. Her diet is dangerous. Her diet is similar to what I'm trying to get out of (binging on fruit, eating little else). Her existence just infuriates me. Girls with eating disorders look at her and think, "if I eat like her, I'll look like her!" But it doesn't work like that. I never fell into that trap because I only discovered Freelee rather recently.

    She also called Jenna Marbles fat. And apparently anyone without a thigh gap is fat and unhealthy too.

    Totally a legitimate source of info.
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    nykismile wrote: »
    Freelee gives vegans a bad name. Her diet is dangerous. Her diet is similar to what I'm trying to get out of (binging on fruit, eating little else). Her existence just infuriates me. Girls with eating disorders look at her and think, "if I eat like her, I'll look like her!" But it doesn't work like that. I never fell into that trap because I only discovered Freelee rather recently.

    She also called Jenna Marbles fat. And apparently anyone without a thigh gap is fat and unhealthy too.

    Totally a legitimate source of info.

    What??? Someone called Jenna Marbles fat? :s

  • JustFindingMe
    JustFindingMe Posts: 390 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Freelee is an idiot. An uneducated, pompous moron. Her world views are ignorant and it's sad that people have such low self esteem that they look to her as a role model.

    +100

  • beautifuldisasta
    beautifuldisasta Posts: 89 Member
    Jenna's not fat!! I have seen freelee on youtube a while back, but I don't remember much of it. :\
  • JustFindingMe
    JustFindingMe Posts: 390 Member
    edited October 2014
    She also claims the only reason women have periods is because we have " Toxic " bodies.

    She lost her periods for nine months because of her diet or lack of body fat ( Im thinking ) and says it was " the best thing" . Eesh.

    She is very extreme and a dangerous role-model, IMO
  • Velum_cado
    Velum_cado Posts: 1,608 Member
    She's a vapid, awful person, but if you hear that garbage and think it's legit health advice, it's a case of reaping what you sow, tbh.
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  • nykismile
    nykismile Posts: 198
    SuperSexyDork wrote: »
    nykismile wrote: »
    Freelee gives vegans a bad name. Her diet is dangerous. Her diet is similar to what I'm trying to get out of (binging on fruit, eating little else). Her existence just infuriates me. Girls with eating disorders look at her and think, "if I eat like her, I'll look like her!" But it doesn't work like that. I never fell into that trap because I only discovered Freelee rather recently.

    She also called Jenna Marbles fat. And apparently anyone without a thigh gap is fat and unhealthy too.

    Totally a legitimate source of info.

    What??? Someone called Jenna Marbles fat? :s

    Go on youtube and type in "Jenna Marbles Freelee" and the video should come up (I don't think it was removed?)

    Jenna Marbles has my dream body. It drives me nuts that anyone could think she needs to lose weight.
  • JustFindingMe
    JustFindingMe Posts: 390 Member
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    Jenna Marbles


    THIS ^ ???? is fat? That is a bizarre statement.
  • nomoredoughnuts
    nomoredoughnuts Posts: 130 Member
    JustFindingMe wrote: »
    She also claims the only reason women have periods is because we have " Toxic " bodies.

    She lost her periods for nine months because of her diet or lack of body fat ( Im thinking ) and says it was " the best thing" . Eesh.

    She is very extreme and a dangerous role-model, IMO

    OMG that period thing absolutely freaked me out.

    You would think period stuff is basically common sense, but no you have to have idiots re-invent the wheel and tell you things that sound absolutely medieval.

    I don't understand why we are so obsessed as a society with following weird/restrictive diets. Why do we feel the need to restrict ourselves in order to feel like we are being healthy. This attitude is what triggers EDs!!

    Such a bad role model.
  • IHateThinkingOfAUsername
    IHateThinkingOfAUsername Posts: 568 Member
    Just out of boredom I googled Freelee and stumbled across this and just had to share. :laugh:
    ‘I still believe that largely menstruation is toxicity leaving the body. So a lot of women are having these heavy painful periods because they have a toxic body.’
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2692758/Diet-guru-FreeLee-Banana-Girl-fire-controversial-views-claims-chemo-kills-losing-period-good-you.html
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    MSeel1984 wrote: »
    Terrifying. Just...truly. Check it out on youtube.

    Listening to her talk scares me. There's so much misinformation about balanced diets out there...she markets herself as if the way she eats is the way all humans are supposed to eat and anyone who eats higher protein is ridiculous...
    So scary.
    Anybody else have opinions on this individual? People should be more careful about what they put out there for everyone to see...this could be a lawsuit waiting to happen.
    I'm amazed she isn't dead yet.
  • TheSheepFollower
    TheSheepFollower Posts: 64 Member
    edited October 2014
    JustFindingMe wrote: »
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    Jenna Marbles


    THIS ^ ???? is fat? That is a bizarre statement.

    There she's not fat, but there was a time where she was bigger and freelee was talking about that time, she was never truely fat though, but there was a time she was chubbier and plumper.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    "she was never truly fat."
    "chubbier"
    "plumper"

    Interesting diction. Very interesting.
  • TheSheepFollower
    TheSheepFollower Posts: 64 Member
    edited October 2014
    I like her actually, she isn't like amazing, but she does have some pretty good points. But her diet though......it's just why!? I agree vegan can be a good thing, but 30 bananas a day, no just no! But freelee does have an amazing body! And that's about it!
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    I've never seen any of her YouTube videos, and I certainly have no desire to go check them out now.

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  • TitikiOoh
    TitikiOoh Posts: 40 Member
    MSeel1984 wrote: »
    Terrifying. Just...truly. Check it out on youtube.

    Listening to her talk scares me. There's so much misinformation about balanced diets out there...she markets herself as if the way she eats is the way all humans are supposed to eat and anyone who eats higher protein is ridiculous...
    So scary.
    Anybody else have opinions on this individual? People should be more careful about what they put out there for everyone to see...this could be a lawsuit waiting to happen.

    She took losing her period as a good sign and not a flashing watning light tht something is wrong.

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Never heard of her before I started reading the MFP forums and I don't get why anyone cares what wacko things she says. I know lots of people who have weird ideas about food, they just don't put them on YouTube.
  • TheSheepFollower
    TheSheepFollower Posts: 64 Member
    TitikiOoh wrote: »
    MSeel1984 wrote: »
    Terrifying. Just...truly. Check it out on youtube.

    Listening to her talk scares me. There's so much misinformation about balanced diets out there...she markets herself as if the way she eats is the way all humans are supposed to eat and anyone who eats higher protein is ridiculous...
    So scary.
    Anybody else have opinions on this individual? People should be more careful about what they put out there for everyone to see...this could be a lawsuit waiting to happen.

    She took losing her period as a good sign and not a flashing watning light tht something is wrong.
    She never said that losing your period is good, and that having a period is bad!

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