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The whole celery juice craze seems totally baffling to an outsider, and every healthcare professional and health writer I know has received endless requests asking ‘what’s the deal with celery juice’? And I don’t need to try drinking celery juice to know that there’s a lack of studies suggesting it works. I studied 3 years of biochemistry, I welcome the notion of a biochemical mechanism to support the claims of celery juice, yet when I asked for one I was promptly blocked from the Medical Medium Instagram page. If something as small and simple as celery juice can incite such a vitriolic response in you that you feel the need to hurl abuse at someone online, I feel for you.

I like to think in that way I helped to reach some people who wouldn’t otherwise listen to someone who was saying it’s ok to eat all the foods and that we should enjoy food. This method doesn’t work anymore; I’m too well-known for my myth-busting, and now I’m being invited to speak based on my knowledge and expertise rather than because of the way I eat. By removing myself from the word plantbased I’m hoping it’ll mean less abuse comes my way, as well as fewer questions about what I eat. I feel that by having the label of plantbased in my username (regardless of whether I eat that way or not) I am unable to demonstrate that objectivity as well as I would like. ‘

“We don’t need carbs, so why are you advocating for eating them? However, to use the argument that we don’t need carbs to survive, so low-carb is the right diet to be on, isn’t helpful. Often the same people who shout “carbs aren’t essential” (and are usually saying eat low-carb) are the ones also saying ‘saturated fat is fine, don’t worry about it! So, can we stop this ridiculous narrative of “you don’t need x to survive”, because you can say that about literally any food.

I also share my own story of how I went from wellness wanker to wellness rebel, and encourage you all to become wellness rebels too! To all my amazing recipe testers, but especially: Alena, Anabela, Caitlin, Cassidy, Claire, Eleanor, Emma B, Emma C, Erica, Esther, Haley, Hannah, Jennie, Kirstin, Megan, Melanie, Michael, Monica, Naomi, Noelia, Sabrina, Sarah C, Sarah R, Thea, Victoria, and Vikki. Thirdly, Maxine Ali and Natasha Lipman, who I’ve known since my hardcore wellness days, and who were the original ‘wellness rebels’ alongside me. Finally, a huge thank you to every one of my social media followers who has stood my me through my transition from wellness nutter to wellness rebel.