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    Freelee the Banana Girl...SMH

    Posts: 2,297 Member
    edited March 6 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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    • 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.
    • Posts: 2,297 Member
      More or less. Her boyfriend is a tool too.
    • 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.
    • Posts: 9,532 Member
      She's hot.
    • Posts: 2,297 Member
      Mr_Knight wrote: »
      She's hot.

      No denying she's gorgeous...
      She's also very...very wrong.
    • 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.
    • 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:
    • Posts: 6,208 Member
      I bet she takes epic dumps.
    • Posts: 92 Member
      I think she's misinformed and criticizes everyone else's diets but her own.
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    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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

    • 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

    • Posts: 89 Member
      Jenna's not fat!! I have seen freelee on youtube a while back, but I don't remember much of it. :\
    • 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
    • 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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      SuperSexyDork wrote: »
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      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.
    • Posts: 390 Member
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      Jenna Marbles


      THIS ^ ???? is fat? That is a bizarre statement.
    • 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.
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      "she was never truly fat."
      "chubbier"
      "plumper"

      Interesting diction. Very interesting.
    • 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!
    • 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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    • 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.

    • 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.
    • Posts: 64 Member
      TitikiOoh wrote: »
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      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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