Dr Gillian McKeith (PhD) continued
Ben Goldacre Thursday September 30, 2004 The Guardian · I once saw a bloke at the opening of a Jackson Pollock exhibition in the Tate, wearing a T-shirt that said: “my cat could do better”. What, you...
View ArticleChannel 4′s ‘doctors’ continued
Ben Goldacre Thursday October 14, 2004 The Guardian · I’m in a difficult position. You may remember Dr Bannock PhD: he is a Channel 4 TV doctor and a certified professional member of the American...
View ArticleMonkey business
Ben Goldacre Thursday November 4, 2004 The Guardian · For a bloke who looks a lot like a monkey, George W Bush has a strange disdain for evolution. Now, this might all seem very trivial to you, but...
View ArticleAtomic tomatoes are not the only fruit
This article is a rough transcript of the most excellent Bad Science Awards 2004 that were held in the Asylum Club on Rathbone St W1, a tiny basement club with a fire safety license for 150. We were...
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Ben Goldacre Thursday April 21, 2005 The Guardian · That poo lady gets everywhere. Now let’s get this straight: I like organic food, alternative therapies are OK by me, and scare stories are often...
View ArticleReferences Required
References required Ben Goldacre Thursday June 9, 2005 The Guardian · Talk about fans in high places. Two weeks ago, I said I was going to start giving references, and suddenly Dr Gillian McKeith PhD...
View ArticleUnfavourable Mention in Observer
Promo article for McKeith in today’s Observer describes me as a “journalist” and then goes off to find some scientists to quote. Entertainingly unattributed Bad Science stories throughout. By “Rachel...
View ArticleDon’t dumb me down
We laughed, we cried, we learned about statistics … Ben Goldacre on why writing Bad Science has increased his suspicion of the media by, ooh, a lot of per cents Ben Goldacre Thursday September 8, 2005...
View ArticleThe Awful Poo Lady
Ben Goldacre Saturday September 30, 2006 The Guardian I wouldn’t want you to think that I’m an overly sensitive person, but sometimes I get a bit upset by Dr Gillian McKeith PhD. There she is on the...
View ArticleThe Awful Poo Lady
Hahahahahahahaa this just off the wires from the MHRA at 00:01am. Busted! Just remember, yer old uncle Ben was here speaking the truth when Channel 4 and the rest were loving her. Surprisingly vicious...
View ArticleAn Illustrated History Of Food Gurus
Ben Goldacre Saturday November 25, 2006 The Guardian It would be almost too easy to poke fun at Dr Gillian McKeith PhD, just because she’s been busted by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory...
View ArticleShouting At The Irish
I was on The Panel RTE-2 in Ireland last Monday, video below. It’s a pretty funny show, I sat in the green room being fed peeled fruit by naked groupies wondering what it would be like to be the least...
View ArticleThe Internal Examiner
Ben Goldacre Saturday February 3, 2007 The Guardian As the awful poo lady goes into her fourth series on Channel 4, I can’t stop thinking about that PhD. I’m talking about Dr Gillian McKeith PhD, of...
View ArticleThe Truth About Nutritionists
Crikey, I’ve got a column in the BMJ! BMJ 2007;334:292 (10 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.39118.546308.59 Observations MEDIA WATCH Tell us the truth about nutritionists Media nutritionism distracts us from...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with Dr Gillian McKeith PhD?
For years, ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith has used her title to sell TV shows, diet books and herbal sex pills. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in. Yet the real problem is not what she calls...
View ArticleHoly Catfish
Ah, from the b3ta.com image challenge. You may also remember this news coverage of the fish oil trials from Viz, and the scandalous “Ben Goldacre Forced To Use His Full Title By The PCC“. Tra la..
View ArticleCraig Sams of Green and Blacks gets angry
Craig Sams is the founder of Green and Blacks. He made his money from chocolates, ice cream, and biscuits, and he is very angry with me for questioning the science behind Dr Gillian McKeith PhD and...
View ArticleNow with audio – The Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists Part II – BBC Radio 4
Busy bee today, sorry for the late link, the second part of the BBC Radio 4 two-part series “The Rise of the Lifestyle Nutritionists” is going out at 8pm this evening, presented by yours truly (part...
View ArticleAnd then I was incompetently libelled by a litigious millionaire
Ben Goldacre, The Guardian, Monday 19 July 2010 What do you do, as a campaigner for libel reform, when a litigious millionaire calls you a liar? This ethical quandary was presented to me last week when...
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