Medicine's Hope Barkoukis weighs in on concerns with Orlando Bloom's tuna-and-cucumber diet
Woman's World: Hope Barkoukis, registered dietician and chair of the Department of Nutrition, called Orlando Bloom’s tuna-and-cucumber diet a “total nutrition disaster,” warning it mimics starvation, causing malnutrition, electrolyte loss, mood swings, anxiety, poor concentration, fatigue and sleep disruption—negative effects touching “every aspect of body functioning.” Barkoukis suggested that sustainable, balanced diets are safer.