Comments on: Gillian McKeith, round 2

By: oxygenated food for the brain? | BioBlog

oxygenated food for the brain? | BioBlog — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:10:23 +0000

[...] & so do all your other bits & pieces, & they don’t get the oxygen from food. As Ben Goldacre once said, even if chlorophyll were to survive the digestive process & make it through to the intestine, [...]

By: The Fall of the Lifestyle Nutritionists? « Stuff And Nonsense

The Fall of the Lifestyle Nutritionists? « Stuff And Nonsense — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:21:20 +0000

[...] scholarship that it is now widely recognised for what it is. Maybe Holford’s howlers and McKeith’s misunderstandings have now penetrated the public [...]

By: Bad Science « Animation Seven

Bad Science « Animation Seven — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:12:04 +0000

[...] against us on a daily basis – such as the wild claims of various nutritionists, including by one well-known personality into the benefits of chlorophyll, or the studies into the educational performance benefits of fish oil that were promptly buried as [...]

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By: zenoagnew

zenoagnew — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:27 +0000

I may be wrong, with only basic GCSE biology support, but would enzymes she’s selling that had miraculously survived being digested by protease not be irreversibly denatured by the pH2 acid in your stomach anyway? The only enzyme that I could think of that could survive that is pepsin.

By: C4 and the Lamentable Kitchen Pharmacy « Translucent Science

C4 and the Lamentable Kitchen Pharmacy « Translucent Science — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:59:24 +0000

[...] haemoglobin. Ben Goldacre of Bad Science famously corrected C4 on this point when they broadcast Gillian McKeith who claimed that “chlorophyll…will really oxygenate your blood”. Chlorophyll is a small green molecule that uses the energy from light to convert carbon dioxide [...]

By: Gillian McKeith is pure evil « The Unemployed Blog

Gillian McKeith is pure evil « The Unemployed Blog — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:20:40 +0000

[...] really short-changing yourself). Remember, this is the woman who seemingly expects us all to have a flashlight stuck up our arse. The stink of pseudoscience also permeates the show. In one episode I watched as “Dr” [...]

By: pv

pv — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:08:26 +0000

And I always thought oxygen was absorbed through my lungs. Obviously got it wrong there because, every time I try to swallow some green, chlorophyll leaves into my lungs I automatically choke and they get rerouted into my stomach, I now understand from where they can dispense their oxygen to my blood. But that leaves the question, Gillian McFaeces, what are my lungs for then?
Honestly, I think the only reason this woman is so obsessed with examining other people’s excrement is because she’s looking for someone like herself; someone with shit for brains.