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More fun from Facebook! :-) Now I'll admit that's a less than flattering photo of Gillian and a super flattering one of Nigella, but still, I've seen Gillian's "You Are What You Eat" show and she generally looks like malnourished hell. She advocates a very low fat vegetarian "weeds and beans" diet. I do enjoy her terrifying reality check smackdowns on junk food eaters. I just wish that the diet she promotes as an alternative was something a little more healthy and realistic. Given a choice, I'd definitely go with Nigella's approach!

Hysterical! Gillian just strikes me as a deeply unhappy person on her show, intent on making everyone else as miserable as she is.
 

Oh, I saw this this morning and couldn't believe they are the same age!  Nigella is gorgeous! Weeds and beans are wonderful and healthy but LOW FAT vegetarian diets like Gillian promotes are not and they tend to make people look gaunt and malnourished (like Gillian).

Wow.  What a difference. 

I do believe in the benefits of organic fruits & veggies and am completely sold on supplements, but I do not believe in 'detox diets' (most are probably okay in that they don't do any harm, but they rarely do any good either), and I think colonics are a load of .... er,... bunk.  ;)
 

A picture is worth a thousand words!  I'll do Nigella's diet any day!

I occasionally go to a local Co-Op to get Fage yogurt.  Most everyone who shops there is more or less on the same wavelength as Gillian Keith.  AND....they all look pretty much like her.  Overly skinny in general, unhealthy skin tone, wasted muscles.  No one looks like they have the energy to lift a 3 lb. weight.    No one in there looks healthy or robust.  Plus all the scent of incense permeating the store drives me bonkers.  

After I buy my Fage, I head over the other market to buy bacon, eggs, beef, cold cuts, cheese, etc etc.

OMG, Skwigg! I love you even more for posting this . I LOVE talking about this stuff, I have Gillian Mckeiths "you are what you eat" book, too. I can't believe Nigella Lawson is 51! is she, really? daaang, she looks 35 to me, certainly not in her 50's. I love that Gillian gives the people on her show a "wake up call" too, especially the table of what they eat in one week *jaw drop* .

After my sister told me to stay away from low sodium deli turkey, I don't think it will kill me looking at Nigella, lol.

Very cool post, Skwigg.
 

 

 

I saw Gillian's show a few times and I was also blown away by her "what you eat in a week" table display....what especilly struck me  was how the food was almost entirely BEIGE and BROWN.  And the other thing was the sheer volume of food....how does anyone eat that much stuff??  What I didn't like was Gillian's eating solutions, which would never agree with me in the least (i.e. grains etc.) and no fat.  No meat either, right?    I've gotta have my protein!

never seen gillian's show... but omg... these women are the same age??? and both of these pictures are of them at the same age? meaning nigella's isn't when she was 35 and gillian's when she was 50???

Carola - funny you should say that about the co-op. I visited our newly opened one on saturday to see what it was all about. I bought some yogurt to but everything else was pretty much vegan... i was like where is the meat?????? lol.

I went online and saw lots of nice photos of Gillian with makeup and a smile.

I don't know if I believe that eating low fat vs. high fat is an aging issue. In this case the differences seem to be quality/pose of the photo, sun damage, makeup, and overall body fat.

I had to search on this one because as soon as I saw the comparison I thought, I could look so amazing in a photo with the right light, pose, smile, makeup, hairdo. I also know I can look like a hag without those things.

For example, Nigella looks great in the photo above. But this one she looks not so great. She also states that her body fat keeps her looking young. Perhaps a case for not necessarily eating her diet, but for keeping a higher body fat as you age to plump out those lines a bit