{"id":292550,"date":"2020-05-18T13:25:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1153180"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T19:25:55","slug":"ellie-goulding-responds-to-criticism-over-her-40-hour-fasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/ellie-goulding-responds-to-criticism-over-her-40-hour-fasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellie Goulding Responds to Criticism Over Her “40-Hour” Fasts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ellie Goulding<\/a><\/strong> took to Twitter on Sunday to respond to criticism she received over her fasts.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old singer recently told The Mirror<\/a><\/em> she’s fasted up to 40 hours at a time.<\/p>\n

“I do it very safely by having a purposefully nutritious food day the day before and after,” she told the publication in an interview published Saturday. “On the fast day, I drink high-grade electrolytes and a LOT of water (plus tea and coffee). Fasting is safe and beneficial unless you are diabetic or have serious health issues. I built my way up to 40-hour fasts over time (started with 12). Fasting from time to [time] is a great way to give your digestive system a break. It helps blood sugar control and helps fight inflammation\u2014the mother of all health problems.” <\/p>\n

Goulding also reportedly claimed, as The Mirror<\/em> put it, her “extreme measures had been okayed by a doctor pal.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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It wasn’t long before fans expressed their concern for the “Love Me Like You Do” star on social media.<\/p>\n

“Call it ‘fasting’ or ‘reducing’ inflammation’ but this is an eating disorder,” one follower tweeted. “F–k @snapchat and f–k @elliegoulding for showing this just in general but what about for the kids already thinking they need to starve themselves?” <\/p>\n

Goulding then issued a reply on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“? I eat a seriously huge amount and exercise regularly,” she wrote. “I’m super healthy, I drink sometimes, eat whatever I want, and then I fast for one day a week. It is not starving myself. As far as people in the spotlight go I consider myself a good role model x”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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This wasn’t the only criticism she received. <\/p>\n

“@elliegoulding do you think this is good advice to be giving out to the younger generation, giving them ideas?!” asked another social media user. “In a world where everyone thrives to be perfect, I myself had anorexia when I was younger and to see this actually makes me feel sick! This is not normal.” <\/p>\n

However, Goulding insisted she “didn’t give it as advice.”<\/p>\n

“Was asked about my health and fitness during an interview, and consider fasting for one day (plus the night- when I’m asleep) part of that,” she continued<\/a>. “I do it safely and am incredibly fit and healthy. I’d say I’m a pretty decent role model x”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Swan Gallet\/WWD\/Shutterstock Ellie Goulding took to Twitter on Sunday to respond to criticism she received over her fasts. The 33-year-old singer recently told The Mirror she’s fasted up to 40 hours at a time. “I do it very safely by having a purposefully nutritious food day the day before and after,” she told the publication in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-19 17:49:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}