Ann Louise Gittleman Explained

Ann Louise Gittleman
Birth Date:June 27, 1949
Birth Place:Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Known For:The Fat Flush Diet
Education:Clayton College of Natural Health, Teachers College, Columbia University
Years Active:1974–present

Ann Louise Gittleman is an American author and proponent of alternative medicine, especially fad diets. She regards herself as a nutritionist. Gittleman has written more than two dozen books and is known for The Fat Flush Plan, a "detox" diet and exercise program that she developed into a series of books. Gittleman's ideas on health and nutrition are regarded as pseudoscience.

Education and career

In 2002, she was given a Ph.D. in holistic nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health, an unaccredited and now defunct diploma mill.[1]

In 1994, she was featured in an advertising campaign for Rejuvex,[2] a dietary supplement for menopause symptoms that is not supported by scientific or clinical evidence.[3]

Gittleman has written many books on alternative medical ideas for health and nutrition. Her books have appeared on popular television programs, including 20/20, Dr. Phil, Good Morning America, and The Early Show.[4] [5] [6] She has been criticized for promoting incorrect notions about medicine, diet, and electromagnetic radiation.

Books

In 2001, she released her book The Fat Flush Plan, which became a New York Times best seller, reaching #14 on the "Hardcover Advice" list.[7]

In May 2004, The Fat Flush Plan was described along with other low carbohydrate diets in a Time magazine story, The Skinny on Low Carbs.[8]

Gittleman's books have been criticized as inconsistent with the best understanding of health and nutrition, and for presenting scientific research in a simplistic and one-sided manner.[9]

Gittleman's suggestion to detoxify as part of the Fat Flush Plan has made her diet the subject of criticism from some nutritionists and medical doctors.[10] Dr. Judith Stern, vice president of the American Obesity Society, has called the Fat Flush Plan "pseudoscience" that promises everything, but is "a fantasy".[11]

Gittleman's 2010 book Zapped has been met with skepticism by reviewers who say the book incorporates non-scientific concepts to assert the danger of electromagnetic fields, and presents evidence in a biased manner.[12] [13] [14]

Gittleman has written more than two dozen books advocating an alternative medicine approach to health and nutrition.[15] [16]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Poppy. Carrie. Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Cancer?. 3 March 2016. Tech Times. 1 February 2016.
  2. News: Stabiner. Karen. The Media Business; In the Menopause Market, a Gold Mine of Ads. 3 March 2016. New York Times. 4 April 1994.
  3. Tyler. Varro E.. Rejuvex for Postmenopausal Symptoms. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 20 April 1994. 271. 15. 1210. 10.1001/jama.1994.03510390082038. 8151882 .
  4. Web site: How Did '20/20's' Dieters Fare on the 'Detox Diet' ?. 6 January 2006. ABC News.
  5. Web site: Hormones from Hell - Dr. Phil. 27 April 2007.
  6. Web site: Many Women Over-medicated For Perimenopause - Good Morning America. https://web.archive.org/web/20200630002301/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJCRzZXjf0Q . 2020-06-30 . dead. Ann Louise Gittleman . 4 September 2015. YouTube.
  7. New York Times, Hardcover Advice
  8. Rawe . Julie . The Skinny on Low Carbs . . 2004-05-03 . 2016-03-02.
  9. News: Goldacre. Ben. Ben Goldacre. Friendly bacteria?. 3 March 2016. The Guardian. 29 January 2004.
  10. News: Elin. Abby. Flush Those Toxins! Eh, Not So Fast. 4 March 2016. New York Times. 21 January 2009.
  11. Web site: Maureen Callahan . Fat Flush - Diet Fitness . Health.com . 2016-03-02.
  12. News: Two books on the radiation dangers of cellphones . The Washington Post . Juliet . Eilperin . December 4, 2010.
  13. Web site: John Platt . 'Zapped: Why Your Cell Phone Shouldn't Be Your Alarm Clock' | MNN - Mother Nature Network . MNN . 2011-01-04 . 2016-03-02.
  14. News: Knibbs. Kate. Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Consults 'Fat Flush' Diet Quack About 'Cell Phone Toxicity'. 4 March 2016. Gizmodo. 28 January 2016.
  15. Web site: Paperback Best Sellers: August 24, 2003. 24 August 2003. The New York Times.
  16. News: New York Times. August 24, 2003.
  17. News: Time . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104110042/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1950966_1950979_1951008,00.html . dead . January 4, 2010 . December 31, 2009.

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