It’s one thing for celebrities to become obsessed with the fad diets, but it’s another thing for their children to get involved…
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she avoids feeding her children, Apple, eight, and Moses, six, pasta, bread or rice because it is bad for them.
The 40-year-old said her decision was based on the fact that everybody in her house is “intolerant” of gluten, dairy and chicken’s eggs.
Paltrow’s diet has always been controversial as she has told in the past of how she snacks on almonds when she is hungry instead of eating a meal if needed, the Daily Mail reports.
In her new cookbook, called It’s All Good, which is released next month, Miss Paltrow devotes an entire chapter to grains but says she is deeply sceptical of them.
She writes: “Every single nutritionist, doctor and health-conscious person I have ever come across . . . seems to concur that (gluten) is tough on the system and many of us are at best intolerant of it and at worst allergic to it.
“Sometimes when my family is not eating pasta, bread or processed grains like white rice, we’re left with that specific hunger that comes with avoiding carbs.”
Paltrow explained how her family, including Coldplay singer Chris Martin are all intolerant to “many other surprising foods.”
But UK public health nutritionist Yvonne Wake told the DM she was bring “foolish” and said she could be doing her children harm.
She said: “I think it’s not a good idea, especially because her children are are thin, I’ve seen pictures of them.
“Kids need carbohydrate because it gives them glycogen which keeps your brain going.
“Without it they won’t be able to think straight as their brain won’t be functioning and their thinking patterns will be slow.
“It’s like when kids don’t have any breakfast, they will do less well at school and won’t be able to run around with the other children’.
Dr Carina Norris, a registered nutritionist, said: “Far too many people self-diagnose themselves with allergies, or cut out wheat to lose weight, or because they think it’s bad for them.
“Not only are they making their lives difficult, cutting out such an important food group shouldn’t be done without the advice of a medical professional, as it could put them at risk of nutrient deficiencies
