Gillian Anderson has opened up about cutting sugar in her diet and going through a macrobiotic phase while filming her hit 90s show, The X Files.
The actress, 56, appeared on Jessie and Lennie Ware’s Table Manners podcast this week, where they talked about her groundbreaking new book, Want, and her favorite foods.
Detailing her ideal last dinner, she revealed that she had eliminated both sugar and gluten from her diet last month, due to her excessive Coca-Cola habit.
Gillian explained: ‘I was a big pudding lover but recently gave up sugar and gluten. But if it’s my last dinner, I’d probably make a banoffee pie.
He added that he started cutting back on his consumption in September, when hosts Jessie and Lennie asked him if he felt better for it.
Gillian Anderson has opened up about cutting sugar in her diet and going through a macrobiotic phase while filming her hit ’90s show, The X Files.
The actress, 56, appeared on Jessie and Lennie Ware’s Table Manners podcast (pictured) this week, where they talked about her groundbreaking new book, Want, and her favorite foods.
Detailing her ultimate ideal dinner, she revealed that she had eliminated sugar and gluten from her diet last month, due to her excessive Coca-Cola habit (pictured in March).
The Sex Education star admitted: “Not necessarily, but I know I should say yes.”
Then he confessed: ‘I drank five cokes a day. Full fat. Because of the sugar and caffeine. So I didn’t drink to help me get rid of them either.’
Speaking about what she ate while playing Agent Scully from 1993 to 2002, Gillian explained that she “went through a lot of stages” and detailed how she had tried the macrobiotic diet.
She recalled: “I went through a macrobiotic stage for a while, which is impossible to do yourself, you really need someone else to do it for you.
“Macrobiotics are a mix of grains, usually like brown rice or quinoa, and there are seaweed, mushrooms and fermented foods.”
As presenter Jessie Ware mocked the diet, The Crown star explained the benefits and revealed some even believe it can “reverse cancer”.
She said: ‘It’s very, very healthy. Some people swear by it, it’s very cleansing, it’s meant to be very good for your biome and your entire system.
“But also sometimes people who have cancer follow macrobiotic diets and feel that it cures them in some way, a process that they sometimes believe they reverse their cancer by eating macrobiotic foods.”
Speaking about what she ate while playing Agent Scully from 1993 to 2002, Gillian explained that she “went through a lot of stages” and detailed how she had tried the macrobiotic diet (pictured in The X-Files).
As presenter Jessie Ware mocked the diet, The Crown star explained the benefits and revealed some even believe it can “reverse cancer”.
The macrobiotic diet was developed by Japanese philosopher George Ohsawa in the 1920s and aims to avoid foods that contain toxins.
There is no scientific evidence to support the belief that living a macrobiotic lifestyle can treat or cure cancer.
leading charity, Cancer research in the UKwarns that the limited diet can have “serious harmful effects, especially if followed instead of receiving conventional medical treatments.”
They state: “We do not support the use of macrobiotic diets for people with cancer.”
It comes after Elle Macpherson came under fire for her claims about a “holistic” cancer treatment last month, being labeled “dangerous” and “terribly irresponsible”.
The model, 60, was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago, but revealed the diagnosis for the first time in her new memoir, Elle.
But he caused controversy after revealing he had refused to accept traditional treatment, in favor of a “holistic, intuitive and heart-led approach”.
Elle, who is now in remission, explained that she had rejected the medical advice of 32 doctors, refusing chemotherapy after undergoing a lumpectomy for HER2-positive estrogen receptor intraductal carcinoma.
It comes after Elle Macpherson came under fire for her claims about a “holistic” cancer treatment last month, being labeled “dangerous” and “terribly irresponsible” (pictured in March).
She underwent eight months of intense therapy with doctors in Phoenix, Arizona, following a holistic path.
Following the publication of her memoirs, Elle received criticism for “dangerously” promoting the holistic treatment she received during her battle, which she claims helped her overcome the illness.
Addressing her battle with breast cancer in a candid interview with 60 Minutes Australia, Elle said she was in “shock” when she received the diagnosis, but decided not to undergo the mastectomy or chemotherapy her doctors suggested.
‘As you can imagine, it was a shock. “I think any woman, most women, when they’re diagnosed, they don’t believe it’s going to happen to them,” she said.
Elle underwent a lumpectomy and learned her cancer had no clear margins, meaning it could have spread, and said she was recommended to undergo a “mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and hormone replacement.”
The Australian star said she has always followed “natural medicine” and said her choice was “unconventional” like the “rest of her life.”
She said: ‘What I was given was the choice of losing my breasts or losing my life. So it wasn’t a vain choice, let me put it that way. It was a natural route in my treatment from within.
“I had really been looking at the body in a holistic way: physical and spiritual well-being.”
The model, 60, was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago, and revealed it for the first time in her new memoir, Elle. But he caused controversy after revealing he had refused to accept traditional treatment, in favor of a “holistic, intuitive and heart-led approach”.
Following the publication of her memoirs, Elle received criticism for ‘dangerously’ promoting the holistic treatment she received during her battle, which she claims helped her overcome the illness.
The supermodel added that there is a “time and place” for Western medicine, but that she has “embraced a more natural lifestyle because that’s what works for me.”
He also said he is confident the cancer will not recur, saying of the chances of it returning: “I don’t anticipate any and I have no indication that there will be any.” Zero.
‘The body has the infinite capacity to heal and I am in complete well-being… Fear is something that can really make you sick. So I’m not interested in that. I think it’s a smart way to live life, to focus on well-being.’
His comments sparked a huge reaction. of the public and health professionals about the path of unconventional treatment.
And many people, including other celebrities, took issue with Elle promoting the alternative medicine approach to cancer treatment instead of the proven medicinal approach, as it could lead others to do the same.
