Update:
Olympian Stephanie Rice has deleted a Facebook status where she offered to share health and medical advice with her fans after receiving criticism for her lack of credentials.
Rice – who is currently promoting her e-book The Art of Wellness – posted the original status on Friday night.
Overnight, Rice posted another status saying that her intentions came from a “positive place”:
Mamamia previously wrote…
Please stop using your profile to dish out health and medical advice.
Whether it’s high profile sporting stars or chefs with “health coach diplomas” dishing out advice, or Hollywood heavyweights like Gwyneth Paltrow, Phoebe Tonkin or Theresa Palmer whose influential ‘health, wellness and lifestyle’ websites are visited by thousands of readers each month, it’s time for celebrities to get back to what they’re famous for (such as writing, acting and cooking) and leave the medical advice to those with a university degree.
It should go without saying, but it’s worth repeating: medicine is something that should only be practised by people who have only spent 5+ years studying the ins-and-outs of the human body and have completed hundreds of hours worth of placement.