The truth about Gwyneth Paltrow’s diet? It is as strange as you’d expect | Arwa Mahdawi

The actor and influencer has been called out for glorifying restricted eating. What is it with the rich and their weird ideas about wellness?

This time there aren't any vaginas involved. I say that because half the time Gwyneth Paltrow is in the news it's vagina-related. On this occasion, however, it's because a lot of people are seemingly annoyed that she - a woman who has amassed a fortune doling out strange and often suspect health advice via her lifestyle brand Goop - follows that advice herself.

The trouble started when Paltrow appeared on an episode of Dr Will Cole's The Art of Being Well podcast and shared what she eats in a typical day. Which, no points for guessing, isn't much. She doesn't eat until about noon which, in normal-person-speak, means she skips breakfast. In wellness land it means she's doing a nice intermittent fast". Then she has something that won't spike her blood pressure, such as coffee. She often follows that up with bone broth". An hour of movement" ensues, wrapped up with some vigorous dry brushing and the sauna. Finally: an early dinner. I try to eat according to paleo," she says. So lots of vegetables. It's really important for me to support my detox." I'm sorry, detox? You can't detox if there was never any tox in the first place.