The celebrity chef with the crazed eyes of a low-tier cult leader known as Pete Evans is back on his bullshit, this time using his favourite platform (social media) to have a whinge at Australian Medical Association President Dr Michael Gannon for just… doing his job.
Dr Gannon’s job is, of course, to promote the health of the Australian people. As such, when he was asked about Evans’ latest piece of paleo propaganda, a documentary called The Magic Pill, he told the truth: that it all seemed like a load of free-range bunkum.
Today I’m announcing the #Flakeys – annual awards for the Film/TV least likely to contribute to the #publichealth #prevention @couriermail pic.twitter.com/QLW65quwpN
— AMA President (@amapresident) August 1, 2017
In an article published in the Courier Mail on Wednesday, Dr Gannon slammed the documentary, which evangelises the high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet as a cure for everything from asthma to autism.
Elements of the discussion are just plan hurtful, harmful and mean. The idea that a high-fat diet can change a child’s behaviour in a month is just so patently ridiculous – and yet the reality is the parents of autistic children are so desperate they will reach for anything.
He agreed with Evans that people should be upping their protein intake, but both he and Nutrition Australia Queensland nutritionist Aloysa Hourigan said the film was “not healthy advice“; Gannon drew a comparison between this film and the controversial pseudo-science doco Vaxxed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XV-dBEG1Fc
Obviously though, you can’t tell Paleo Pete that, can you.
This sparkly-toothed bloke is one hundred per cent convinced that he knows better than trained medical professionals, saying in a frankly very rude Facebook post:
Perhaps some functional medical doctors may want to bring Mr Gannon up to speed with the latest in gut health, auto-immunity and how a high carbohydrate diet is maybe not the best approach for people with type 2 diabetes.
He also chucks in a “fake news” mention because the man is physically incapable of understanding that criticism can be both hurtful and true.
Just by the way, Michael Gannon is a Doctor, not a Mister, and he was elected president of the AMA, which means his peers – other doctors – chose him to represent them.
Pete Evans, on the other hand, is a chef.
