Gwyneth Paltrow decided to set the record straight on Friday after her controversial answer to a question about her “health routine”.
During an appearance on the “Art of Being Well” podcast earlier this week, host Will Cole asked the actor and lifestyle mogul, “What’s your health routine like now?”
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Paltrow described drinking coffee in the morning, soup for lunch and eating “lots of greens” for an early dinner while practicing intermittent fasting.
“I have bone broth for lunch most days,” she told Cole, who is the director of an alternative health center in Pennsylvania.
Elsewhere in the interview, the host pointed out that Paltrow was connected to an IV while they were talking, which the actor called “a bag of good old-fashioned vitamins.”
Her comments soon caused a stir online, with many accusing her of promoting malnutrition. Even professional dietitians have criticized Paltrow’s alleged diet.
“I think overall it’s just very, very little food and it really doesn’t feel healthy at all,” dietitian Sammi Haber Brondo told BuzzFeed.
On Friday, Paltrow held a Q&A on her Instagram story. Someone asked anonymously what he thought about the reaction to the interview.
“It’s important that everyone knows that I was doing a podcast with my doctor,” Paltrow said in a video response, referring to Cole. “This is someone I’ve been working with for over two years to deal with chronic things.”
Paltrow added that Cole was helping her cope with long-term symptoms of COVID-19. She said she feels best when she eats a diet that includes not only “cooked vegetables” but also “all kinds of protein” and “healthy carbs.”
She went on to clarify that her previous observations did not provide a complete picture of what she was actually consuming.
“I eat a lot more than just bone broth and vegetables,” she said. “I eat full meals. And I still have plenty of days where I eat whatever I want and eat fries and stuff.
He also emphasized that he did not want listeners to model their diet after what he described.
“It’s not meant to be advice for anyone else,” she said.
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