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She assesses people's nutritional needs based on the appearance of their nails, hair, lips, and skin.
She also attributes the presence of depression or PMS to mineral deficiencies, and maintains that the location of pimples can suggest the source of health problems.
Former professor of human nutrition John Garrow says of her diagnostic abilities: " One of the programmes showed her prodding at the abdomen of a very large lady saying she could feel her intestines were inflamed.
There is a large layer of fat between you and any intestines — it would be like trying to guess what's under a mattress.
" McKeith also argues that the appearance, smell and consistency of faeces can give clues to bodily malfunction.
She frequently engages in this activity during her television shows, a technique that has led to Ben Goldacre, a physician who writes for The Guardian, to dub her " the awful poo lady ".
Her management company writes that she " literally gets to the bottom of some of the country's worst eaters.
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