Have McKeith and Ann Coulter ever been seen at the same time? The pathological scrawniness and glazed eyes are a dead match.

Or perhaps it really is 47 but not in base 10. Hexadecimal perhaps.

I wouldn’t make any cruel jokes about looking battered or the effects of too much dried fruit etc

Of course I wouldn’t dream of linking the Nazi propaganda minister with TAPL in any other form.

P.S. Allegedly. (Does this work?)

To the extent that the front page of her website manages to cram in the phrases “Dr Gillian McKeith” or “Dr Gillian” 20 times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su5owxISwWs

Ben, perhaps “anti-masturbation campaigner” would have been better, to distinguish him from the likes of Wilhelm Reich…

Andrew.

“After more than 15 years *in clinical practice* … ” – Dr Gillian McKeith

is nothing new to us quackwatchers of nutrition. The natural evolution of the genre were the original 1980’s ‘nutritional therapists’, with the public eventually recognising that the term ‘therapist’ was very loosely associated with any expertise in the subject . Then came the promotion of the ‘nutritionist’ – a non-protected title used by the bona fide and the enthusiastic amateur alike. But opening appointment sessions in post retail establishments and the ubiquitous high street health food store allowed the title to extend to ‘clinical nutritionist’ – sounds so much more, well, clinical (ergo, ‘knowledgeable’) than their previous incarnations.
and now, of course we have the title ‘leading clinical nutritionist’ -a term banded about by deluded enthusiastic amateurs who consider the approval of their fellow enthusiastic amateurs or uninformed public as evidence of the integrity of their knowledge. Paradoxically, the true ‘leading clinical nutritionists’ recognised by those qualified to have an opinion (such as Registered Nutritionists and Registered Dietitians in the UK) have very little media presence, being ensconced in the sound scientific scrutiny of nutritional research that wil generate real and meaningful indicators of nutritional recommendations for the future – not the “wheat free, milk free, supplement promoting, dodgy intolerance testing” mantras of the current gurus.

“We’ve all recognised that, DrM, but it appears that she hasn’t. I notice that Channel 4 have started calling her “Ms McKeith”. Personally I prefer to preface her name with “that odious charlatan loony”.

spot on, altho as i have an acronym fetish i prefer TAPL – that awful poo lady – as do many on this site…!!

Oh, and in UK History’s [Sex, Love and War] – why am I admitting this? – one girl from the ATS or similar recollected that most of her unit had disappointing experiences with men – possibly also implying that what they said about ATS girls was quite true, but in the circumstances (war on) you couldn’t hold it against them – and they all went, not as a group, to this doctor who usually diagnosed an underdeveloped clitoris. If you rubbed his fairly expensive cream on it you’d have orgasm all right – and they did – and you’d be able to hang a copper kettle on it, which is a difficult scene to picture and wouldn’t you burn your legs?

So it really has been going on for some time. Probably since Enlightenment scientists first discovered vacuum.

We’ve all recognised that, DrM, but it appears that she hasn’t. I notice that Channel 4 have started calling her “Ms McKeith”. Personally I prefer to preface her name with “that odious charlatan loony”.

Bill

the school she got her acupuncture certificate from is not recognised by the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board (whoever they are but they recognise courses from or associated with proper universities)

she also has “a Masters and doctorate (PhD) in Holistic Nutrition from the American Holistic College of Nutrition (USA)” – I thought we had established she did not have a recognised PhD…

I can’t be bothered with the rest but she just seems more and more like a snake oil salesman/person the more I read or see about her

And her blurb beside it is interesting as well (I’ve added the emphasis):

“After more than 15 years *in clinical practice* … ” – Dr Gillian McKeith

yeah, similarly, i had a nightmare emailing it in, nobody was getting my emails, it turned out the spam filters were driven wild by the claims for mckeiths product, because there’s so much “1mpr0ve ur ejaculate satisfy your w0man” email spam around, the filters just rejected the column outright every time i sent it…

PS. I’ve only just signed up to badscience, but I’ve been lurking for ages. I’m a huge fan, and fabulous work Dr G!