Ann Louise Gittleman

Ann Louise Gittleman is an American nutritionist, author, and an advocate of alternative medicine, especially fad diets. Gittleman is the author of thirty books, including the 2003 New York Times bestseller, Before the Change.^[1] Gittleman is best known, for The Fat Flush Plan, a diet and exercise program which spawned a series of books by the same name. Her work is inconsistent with the best understanding of health and nutrition,^[2] and she has been criticized for promoting pseudoscientific views by presenting scientific research in an overly simplistic and one-sided manner.^[3][4]

Education

In 1977 Gittleman received her M.S. in Nutrition Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. In 1993 she became a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) with the American College of Nutrition. In 2002 she was given a PhD in Holistic Nutrition from Clayton College of Natural Health, an unaccredited and now defunct diploma mill whose notable graduates are surrounded in controversy.^[5][6] In 2010, it closed due to financial difficulties.^[7] Clayton College did not provide clinical training.^[8]

Career

After graduating from Columbia University, Gittleman served as the Chief Nutritionist of the Pediatric Clinic at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. In the 1980s Ann Louise became the Nutrition Director of the renowned Pritikin Longevity Center in Santa Monica, California.

In 1994 she became the spokesperson for Rejuvex the first natural menopause product on the market.^[9][10]

Gittleman has written numerous books on alternative health and nutrition. Her books have been criticized for promoting incorrect notions about medicine, diet, and electromagnetic radiation,^[2][3] while also having been featured on popular television programs, including 20/20, Dr. Phil, Good Morning America, and The Early Show.^[11][12][13]

The Fat Flush Plan

In 2001, she released her book The Fat Flush Plan, which became a New York Times Best Seller. A contest presented on The View helped to increase the popularity of The Fat Flush Plan. The View presented a series on healthy weight loss, and chose three contestants to spend 4 weeks dieting, with each contestant following a different diet plan. Julie Gough, the contestant chosen to follow Gittleman's The Fat Flush Plan, was able to lose 13 pounds, which beat out the other contestants, thereby winning the contest.^[14]

In May 2004 The Fat Flush Plan was featured alongside other influential low carb diets in a Time magazine cover story, The Skinny On Low Carbs.^[15]

She followed up the The Fat Flush Plan, with a series of books including The Fat Flush Cookbook, The Fat Flush Journal and Shopping Guide, Fat Flush Foods, and The Fat Flush Fitness Plan with Joanie Greggains. Her book Fat Flush for Life was released in 2010 and is the most recent book in the The Fat Flush Plan series.

Controversy

Gittleman's suggestion to detoxify as part of the Fat Flush Plan has made her diet the subject of criticism from some nutritionists and medical doctors.^[16] Dr. Judith Stern, vice president of the American Obesity Society, has called the Fat Flush Plan "pseudoscience" that promises everything, but is "a fantasy".^[2]

Gittleman's 2010 book Zapped has been met with some skepticism by reviewers who claim the book incorporates non-scientific concepts to assert the danger of electromagnetic fields, as well as presenting evidence in a biased manner.^[3][17][18]

Books

Gittleman is a best selling author^[19] of over 30 books about health and nutrition topics including diet, detox, cleansing and parasites, women's health, men's health, menopause, beauty, and environmental health.

• Gittleman, A.L. (2010). Zapped. HarperOne. ISBN 978-0-06-186427-8.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2010). Fat Flush for Life. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-7382-1366-7. Top 10 Notable New Diet Books of 2010 by Time magazine^[20]
• Gittleman, A.L. (2008). The Gut Flush Plan. Avery. ISBN 978-1-61556-812-3.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2008). Get the Sugar Out (Revised and Updated). Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-39485-9.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2005). The Fast Track Detox Diet. Morgan Road Books/Doubleday Broadway. ISBN 978-0-7679-2046-9.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2005). Hot Times (Revised and Updated). Avery. ISBN 1-58333-214-6.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2005). The Fast Track One-Day Detox Diet. Morgan Road Books/Doubleday Broadway. ISBN 978-0-7393-2020-4.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2004). The Fat Flush Foods. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-144068-4.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2004). Super Nutrition for Women (Revised and Updated). Bantam. ISBN 978-0-553-38250-1.
• Gittleman, A.L. and Greggains, J. (2004). The Fat Flush Fitness Plan. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-142312-5.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2003). Before the Change (Revised and Updated). HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 978-0-06-056087-4. New York Times Bestseller^[19]
• Gittleman, A.L. (2003). The Complete Fat Flush Program. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-710413-9.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2003). The Fat Flush Cookbook. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-143367-9.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2003). The Fat Flush Journal and Shopping Guide. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-141497-5.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2002). The Fat Flush Plan. McGraw-Hill. ISBN The Fat Flush Plan (2002) ISBN 978-0-07-138383-7.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2001). Ann Louise Gittleman’s Guide to the 40/30/30 Phenomenon. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-658-01659-8.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2001). Guess What Came To Dinner? Parasites and Your Health (Revised and Updated). Avery. ISBN 978-1-58333-096-8.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2001). Eat Fat, Lose Weight Cookbook. Keats. ISBN 978-0-658-01220-4.
• Gittleman, A.L. (2000). The Living Beauty Detox Program. HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 978-0-06-251628-2.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1999). Why Am I Always So Tired?. HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 978-0-06-251594-0.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1999). Super Nutrition for Men. Avery. ISBN 978-0-89529-954-3.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1999). How to Stay Young and Healthy in a Toxic World. Keats. ISBN 978-0-87983-907-9.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1999). Eat Fat, Lose Weight. Keats. ISBN 978-0-87983-966-6.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1999). Overcoming Parasites. Avery. ISBN 978-0-89529-983-3.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1998). Super Nutrition for Menopause. Avery. ISBN 0-89529-877-5.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1998). Beyond Probiotics. Keats. ISBN 978-0-87983-977-2.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1998). The 40/30/30 Phenomenon. Keats. ISBN 978-0-87983-849-2.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1998). Before the Change. HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 978-0-06-056087-4.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1997). Your Body Knows Best. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-87591-6
• Gittleman, A.L. (1996). Get the Salt Out. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-517-88654-0.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1996). Get the Sugar Out. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-517-88653-3.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1996). Beyond Pritikin (Revised and Updated). Bantam. ISBN 978-0-553-57400-5.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1993). Guess What Came To Dinner? Parasites and Your Health. Avery. ISBN 978-0-89529-570-5.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1991). Super Nutrition for Women. Avery. ISBN 978-0-553-35328-0.
• Gittleman, A.L. (1988). Beyond Pritikin. Bantam. ISBN 978-0-553-27512-4.

References

External links

• Official website