Domestic goddess and queen of the decedent dessert Nigella Lawson has spoken out against ‘clean eating,’ saying the trend can be used to mask serious conditions such as eating disorders.
Hello! magazine reports the celebrity chef believes the problem with clean eating makes other ways of eating seem shameful.
“People are using certain diets as a way to hide an eating disorder or a great sense of unhappiness with their own body.
“There is a way in which food is used to either self-congratulate – you’re a better person because you’re eating like that – or to self-persecute, because you’ll not allow yourself to eat what you want.”
And although the 55-year-old often favours rich, butter-laden foods, she does concede you need to have balance in your diet.
“I love kale and I’m an avocado obsessive,” she told Good Housekeeping magazine.
“But life is about balance, it’s not about being smug. You don’t eat things because you think they’re good for you.”
The famous foodie added, “Also, you can guarantee that what people think will be good for you this year, they won’t next year.
“No one should be put on this earth to go on a diet.”
Preach!
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