It reads like a too-crazy-to-be-true plot line: The girl who had to have part of her colon removed after she mega-dosed fiber on a diet beloved by celebrities and socialites.
After a few months on the diet, she had her yearly colonoscopy, which revealed a significant increase in polyps, abnormal tissue growths for which Crohn’s sufferers are at an increased risk. “My doctors were surprised by how much worse my condition had gotten and I was told I needed a partial colostomy to prevent colon cancer,” she recalled. The only change in her lifestyle during that time period, she says, was significantly increasing her fiber intake for the four months she was on F-Factor.
The latest complaint filed Wednesday against Zuckerbrot and F-Factor alleges that F-Factor products were defective in manufacturing, distribution, inspection, and marketing, among other areas. F-Factor’s nutritional powder has some of the highest concentration of fiber compared to similar products on the market , yet, the new complaint alleges, the company has failed to properly warn consumers about the possible side effects of ingesting so much fiber.
However, in private, Zuckerbrot has conveyed a slightly more nuanced message According to a direct Instagram message Gellis shared with, another former private client, Zuckerbrot advised that client to balance the high quantities of fiber — which can sometimes have a constipating effect — with “Colace [a stool softener] and lots of water.”
For many F-Factor acolytes, it’s not just a high-fiber diet they buy into — it’s the glamorous lifestyle that Zuckerbrot broadcasts frequently on Instagram. There she is gallivanting on the best beaches in the world, from Mykonos to the Seychelles, showing that a middle-aged mom of three can still wear string bikinis, or dining at trendy restaurants in Aspen, St. Barth’s, and Capri.
“I was prone to [kidney stones],” she admits, but she believes her condition was “exacerbated by the amount of GiGi crackers, spinach, and berries I was consuming on the diet, leading to a buildup of calcium oxalate.”
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