Red Eye" Actress Rachel McAdams Dishes Dismal Dietary Advice: Nutritionists and Physicians Dismayed Over Maple-Syrup Recommendation
Red Eye" star Rachel McAdams dispensed disastrous dietary -- drinking maple syrup -- that has nutritionists and medical doctors shaking their heads in disbelief.
(PRWEB) September 1, 2005 -- Red Eye" star Rachel McAdams, 29, dispensed disastrous dietary advice that has nutritionists and medical doctors shaking their heads in disbelief.
The actress, who appears opposite Cillian Murphy in the suspenseful Wes Craven-directed film now playing in movie theaters, is quoted -- along with a number of other celebrities -- in todays AOLs Diet Secrets of the Stars," as saying that her love for sugar helps keep her thin.
"I drink maple syrup," she told AOL, to explain how she keeps her slim figure. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off."
Journalist Connie Bennett, author of the upcoming book, SUGAR SHOCK! (www.SugarShock.com) -- for which she interviewed more than 250 physicians, experts, and researchers -- cautions Americans against adopting this foolhardy habit.
Telling people to drink maple syrup isnt good diet advice," Bennett says. Its a recipe for health woes galore."
Walter Willett, M.D., chairman of the nutrition department at the Harvard School of Public Health writes via e-mail that a little bit of maple syrup now and then on a whole wheat pancake would be just fine. [But drinking maple syrup regularly is a terrible idea nutritionally. It is really no different than sugar or refined starch metabolically," adds the author of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating.
Fred Pescatore, M.D., author of The Hamptons Diet (http://www.hamptonsdiet.com), notes that taking maple syrup beverage breaks like this could lead to blood-sugar disturbances."
Meanwhile, Stuart Fischer, M.D. (http://www.askdoctorfischer.com/), stresses that a diet top-heavy in simple carbohydrates can easily lead to pancreatic insufficiency and/ or insulin resistance, forerunners of diabetes. Celebrities who offer this type of `nutritional advice can encourage the worst habits their fans can think up....and a country staggering under the twin disasters of obesity and overweight should be receiving proper guidance from the medical community, not Hollywood `talent."
Vanessa Sands, editor-in-chief for LowCarb Energy magazine, quipped: So maple syrup is her beverage of choice. Whats the main course? A bowl of sugar? Sounds more like an addiction than a remedy, doesnt it?"
To read more about this subject, visit http://www.SugarShockBlog.com.
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