Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu has garnered a huge fan base, over the years, due to her versatile performances, charming smile, and down-to-earth personality. After taking a break for months to undergo treatment after she was diagnosed with Myositis in 2022. She has been keeping her admirers in the loop about her professional commitments. As many await the release of Citadel, co-starring Varun Dhawan, she started her own health podcast. However, one of the recent episodes fo the podcast was called out by a professional liver doctor. The actress was slammed for spreading misinformation along with a friend, who is a health and wellness coach.
In her podcast Take 20: Health Podcast Series, Samantha spoke to Alkesh, a health and wellness coach, on the issue of liver detoxification. While discussing that in the fast-paced life that many people lead, it is necessary to have a healthy diet that heals the liver. They went on to state that if not done so, the liver will be loaded with a lot of toxins. The actress and Alkes go on to suggest that consuming Dandelion, a herb, is one of the effective ways to improve liver health. As the clip from the podcast went viral on social media, a social media handle named ‘TheLiverDoc’ called them out for spreading misinformation. ALSO READ: Samantha Ruth Prabhu Resumes Work Months After Myosotis Diagnosis; Actress Candidly Talks About Her 'Tough Phase' - Read To Know BELOW
This is Samantha Ruth Prabhu, a film star, misleading and misinforming over 33 million followers on "detoxing the liver."
— TheLiverDoc (@theliverdr) March 10, 2024
The podcast feature some random health illiterate "Wellness Coach & Performance Nutritionist" who has absolutely no clue how the human body works and has the… pic.twitter.com/oChSDhIbu2
He lashed out at the actress for misguiding her followers and claimed that the benefits of consuming dandelions haven’t been proven to date. Taking to the official X handle, he slammed the actress and the ‘Wellness Coach guy’ for spreading misleading facts that haven’t been proven yet. ALSO READ: Samantha Ruth Prabhu Blushes As She Looks At Her Phone; Actress Gets Spotted At The Hyderabad Airport- WATCH
A part of his caption reads, “I am a liver doctor, a trained and registered hepatologist diagnosing and treating liver disease patients since one decade and this is complete and utter BS. Dandelion, is a vegetable that most people consider a weed. It is sometimes used as a salad green. Dandelion can be used in salad. About 100 g of dandelion provides about 10-15% of your daily potassium requirements, at little to no caloric intake. Dandelion can increase urine output and work as a "diuretic" or like a "water pill" as per traditional medicine. But there is a lack of good human evidence for this effect.”
On the work front, last seen in Kushi, co-starring Vijay Deverakonda, Samantha Ruth Prabhu will be next seen in the Indian adaptation of Citadel. Co-starring Varun Dhawan, the web-series will mark her second collaboration with filmmakers Raj & DK after Family Man 2. She recently announced the launch of her production house Tralala Moving Pictures in collaboration with the Hyderabad-based entertainment company Mandoa Media Works.
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