Australian low carb chef gets a kicking

HEALTH nut Pete Evans is putting his fans’ health at risk with his extreme views on diet and lifestyle, according to experts.

“It enrages me when celebrities like Peter Evans disregard and devalue medicine and can have potentially serious consequences for members of the public who follow these words,” Australian Medical Association Victorian president Dr Tony Bartone said.

“While everyone is entitled to their own views, rightly or wrongly celebrities’ comments and actions hold extra weight in society.”

Evans passionately advocates the controversial paleo diet and has attacked the Dietitians Association of Australia and the Heart Foundation. The paleo — or caveman — diet promotes poultry, fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables and meat, and avoids legumes, grains and dairy.

Evans has this week begun championing the use of kinesiology on his Facebook page, which has more than 455,000 fans, claiming he has not had to see GP in 20 years.

And he has publicly declared there is anecdotal evidence his diet has cured illnesses such as polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal condition that affects women of child-bearing age.

“Food really is medicine!” he posted.

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I really like Pete Evans and 'down under' he is doing a lot of good talking about eating more healthily. Whether it be Paleo, Primal, Low Carb when a well known chef talks about it, things get mentioned. This article was in The Brisbane Times in February 2015, you may have already seen it, but I found it quite interesting.

I've just copied/pasted the first paragraph use the link to read more.

" In its annual "Top Celebrity Diets to Avoid in The New Year", the British Dietetic Association rated the paleo diet as the second worst regime, second only to "Urine Therapy" which advocates drinking you own urine for alleged health benefits.

The Dietitians Association of Australia call the paleo diet "potentially dangerous". There are arguments that it's too expensive, tasteless, unsustainable, time consuming and socially isolating. "

Read More Here:

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/paleo-pete-evans-and-the-truth-about-the-diet-20150214-135uw2.html

All the best Jan

"The Dietitians Association of Australia call the paleo diet "potentially dangerous". There are arguments that it's too expensive, tasteless, unsustainable, time consuming and socially isolating. "

Looks like they forgot to add "And it also costs the high carb/low fat food industry a fortune in lost revenue and makes our dietary advice look very shaky indeed when you really break it down into what it really is" to that quote!!

Paul, I'll let you into a secret, Jan fancies him big time. Can't say I blame her.

eddie1 wrote:Paul, I'll let you into a secret, Jan fancies him big time. Can't say I blame her.

Even more than Jonas?    

Jeez Paul, last time Jan copped a look at Colting's body naked she was in a right state for weeks. How am I supposed to tempt her with my decrepit carcass?

This Pete Evans must to onto something to get conventional medicine and dieticians in such a tizzy. We can't have people listening to him otherwise our incomes will completely dry up they are thinking. Obviously, very threatened by him therefore the attacks.

OMG he promotes

a diet of poultry, fish, eggs, fruit, vegetables and meat

OMG We certainly can't have that.

This is my diet guru !

mo1905 wrote:This is my diet guru !

A Vegan?