Gwyneth Paltrow shared that in the days of confinement, she suffered changes in her body, and that did not affect her at all since she did not want to do "nothing about it"
As happened to many people, during the 2020 quarantine, the weight gain due to the intake of atypical foods, the little movement, and the lack of physical activity affected her body and caused a strong impact on the numbers on the scale.
Weight gain also happened to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, whose body was affected by the radical change in routines, both eating and sports. In her latest program, In Goop Health-The At-Home Summit, broadcast in virtual format from the website of her lifestyle brand, Goop, and confessed: "I gained 14 pounds (6 kilos) and my stomach was made a disaster. I had no restrictions."
Faced with the health situation that the entire planet experienced, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the actress shared it as a personal confession and said it in a very natural way when speaking to her followers.
"I felt that my wine, my pasta, my cookies or the cheese were helping me," said Paltrow, without making any kind of reproach for having gained weight, quite the contrary, since she "did not want to do anything about it." and get on with it.
Despite this, weeks ago, Paltrow was criticized by the medical director of the United Kingdom's National Health Service, Stephen Powis, for spreading "false information."
The actress revealed on her personal blog that she had contracted coronavirus and that she now suffers from certain side effects of the disease, such as "fatigue and blackouts." Faced with these symptoms, the Oscar winner resorted to what she calls a post-COVID healing diet, a treatment based on “intuitive fasting”.
It is a ketogenic and vegan diet, without sugar or alcohol. She has also explained that she fasts from the night before until 11 in the morning of the next day and cleanses with broth to, supposedly, heal from the consequences of the virus.
Given these statements, Stephen Powis, national medical director of the NHS of England (British National Health Service) and professor at University College London, recalled that stars and influencers, such as his case, "must be responsible" when talking about treatments against the virus.
"His methods are not the solutions we would give, serious science must be applied," Powis said in statements to the press. “Like the virus, misinformation crosses borders, mutates and evolves. So I think YouTube and other social platforms have a real responsibility and opportunity here," he said.
The spokesman for the British health system stressed that, although he "wishes the best" for Paltrow, "some of the solutions that she recommends are not those that the NHS would recommend."
"In January, I underwent tests that revealed significantly elevated levels of inflammation within my body," they remarked. "Consequently, I reached out to one of the most knowledgeable specialists I'm acquainted with in this field, Dr. Will Cole, who practices functional medicine. After thoroughly reviewing all my laboratory findings, he elucidated that this situation would require a more extended path to recovery than usual," they penned.
I have energy, I work out in the morning and do an infrared sauna as often as I can, all in the service of healing,” he concluded.
