Gwyneth Paltrow says she stopped following a strict paleo diet and is eating bread, cheese, and pasta again
Now, the Goop founder is eating sourdough bread, cheese, and pasta again.
Paltrow previously drew criticism for her restrictive diet, which included bone broth for lunch.
Gwyneth Paltrow, 52, is ditching her strict paleo diet.
On the Tuesday episode of her "Goop" podcast, Paltrow spoke about how her relationship with food has changed over the years.
"I went into hardcore macrobiotics for a certain time. That was an interesting chapter where I got kind of obsessed with eating very, very healthily," Paltrow said.
Part of it was because of her dad's health, she said: "I think that I was really trying to heal my dad by proxy, and he just didn't really want anything to do with it." Her father died in 2002 after battling throat cancer.
The Goop founder started thinking more critically about the types of food she was putting into her body.
"But the beauty of it, for me, was that I really deepened my connection with food and this whole philosophy around macrobiotics, which is essentially just how they eat in the mountains of Japan," Paltrow said. "So, very local, very seasonal, lots of fish and vegetables, rice, no dairy, no sugar, et cetera."
Although the "Shakespeare in Love" star says that she "might have gotten a little didactic about it," all she wanted to do was share her eating philosophy with everyone she knew.
"I think I was just so amazed that, you know, we had this power in our hands that if we treated ourselves well, hydrated, and ate whole foods, we could just feel so much better," Paltrow said.
She added that she was "intoxicated" by that idea, and still feels the same to this day.
"But it's the reason Brad and I became paleo a few years ago now, although I'm a little sick of it, if I'm honest, and getting back into eating some sourdough bread and some cheese," Paltrow said. "There, I said it. A little pasta, after being strict with it for so long."
"But again, I think it's a good sort of template, right? Eating foods that are kind of as whole and fresh as possible," she added.
A paleo diet is supposed to be based on the way ancient human ancestors ate and includes foods such as lean meats, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. It emphasizes eating unprocessed foods, and grains and dairy are off limits.
Paltrow's comments come months after her company, Goop, told Women's Wear Daily that it was restructuring.
The company was moving away from wellness, home, and travel and focusing on beauty, fashion, and food instead. It will double down on its Goop Beauty and Good Clean Goop beauty brands, its G. Label clothing line, and Goop Kitchen.
Paltrow has previously detailed her strict diet and wellness routine during an interview for "The Art of Being Well" podcast in 2023.
Her restrictive diet, which drew widespread criticism from internet users and dietitians, included coffee in the mornings, bone broth for lunch, and a paleo diet for dinner.
A representative for Paltrow did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular hours.
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