While the program is very interesting in that it shows people the error of their ways in eating a diet consisting of burgers and crisps, you need to take Gillian McKieths advice with a pinch of salt (pardon the pun).
Apparently, she has a slightly iffy doctorate - if you believe the article at http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/Nonrecorg/clayton.html. The same college has churned out people who have spouted such rubbish as:
"all cancers, AIDS, and many other diseases are caused by "parasites, toxins, and pollutants" and that they can be cured with herbs and a low-voltage electrical device, sometimes within hours"
"health and weight control depend primarily on proper balance between an alkaline and acid environment that can be optimised by eating certain foods"
Apparently, she has a slightly iffy doctorate - if you believe the article at http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/Nonrecorg/clayton.html. The same college has churned out people who have spouted such rubbish as:
"all cancers, AIDS, and many other diseases are caused by "parasites, toxins, and pollutants" and that they can be cured with herbs and a low-voltage electrical device, sometimes within hours"
"health and weight control depend primarily on proper balance between an alkaline and acid environment that can be optimised by eating certain foods"