Among many celebrities that have promoted diet culture on social media, Vanessa Hudgens is being slammed for it by fans.
She posted an ad for her favorite keto snack, and people do not seem impressed.
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Vanessa Hudgens, along with countless other people, have jumped on the keto diet bandwagon.
Keto is a diet that consists of eating fewer carbs and more healthy fats. This eventually puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis.
Many other celebrities have sworn by this method as being the ultimate way to lose fat.
Halle Berry, Kourtney Kardashian, Vinny Guadagnino from Jersey Shore , and Vanessa Hudgens to name a few.
Vanessa decided to promote a keto snack called SlimFast Keto Peanut Butter Cup Fat Bombs on her Instagram.
“Fat bombs” are a popular keto snack, because as the name suggests, they are high in fat.
Expert, Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, CDE, LDN, CPT, and author of the 2-Day Diabetes Diet says that these “fat bombs” aren’t quite as healthy as some may think.
“For those following the keto diet, these fat bombs fit into a keto meal plan, however, they are still a processed food rich in saturated fat and added sweeteners,” she said.
“For those not on a strict keto plan, the high content of saturated fat could have a potentially negative impact on health,”
“I would not recommend these fat bombs as a healthy treat or snack,” she continued.
A number of Vanessa Hudgen’s fans dragged her for promoting diet culture — conforming to such a damaging trend.
“Slightly disappointed in you queen.. this ain’t it,” one fan wrote.
“Another one bites the dust – please don’t promote diet culture!,” one fan wrote.
“Women don’t have to lose weight to have worth, no matter how much a corporation pays you to act otherwise.”
Some fans blatantly demanded that Vanessa stop advertising “unhealthy” diet methods.
By the look of Vanessa’s Instagram, this may have been the first time that she outright advertised anything keto related.
Other fans didn’t think it was right that Vanessa often boasts about how healthy and fit she is, but is still promoting a diet trend.
They called the keto method “unhealthy” and ineffective.
This fan commented — dropping some knowledge.
They explained that the human body needs sugar and that by promoting a diet trend she is enabling eating disorders in young girls.
Another fan announced to everyone that nobody needs this diet to be beautiful.
They encouraged everyone to love themselves, no matter what diet product celebrities are trying to force on them.
This person pointed out that Vanessa was probably paid to promote the snack.
They commented asking Vanessa why she needed to do this — if she already has money. Next, they accused Vanessa of not even understanding what keto is.
Fans reminded Vanessa that she has a very wide audience, filled with impressionable young followers that will take her advice.
They urged her to try and be a bit more responsible about the content she’s putting out there.
This person pointed out that promoting any kind of restrictive diet, when you have an audience as large as she does, is irresponsible.
They went on, explaining that this is the type of content that can push people to have lifelong eating disorders.
Vanessa has not addressed the backlash, or deleted the photo from her Instagram.
Do you think what Vanessa posted was a bad call? Should all celebrities cease promoting diet culture?
