Jameela Jamil is advocating for eating for longevity. Jamila got candid about her journey battling anorexia on Wednesday's episode of Kelly Ripa's Lets Talk Off Camera podcast where she took responsibility for giving in to inorganic approaches due to self esteem issues. “I’m so sorry to my body that I have jeopardised my future so severely for a beauty standard and to try to fit in with other people,” the actress lamented.
During the same podcast, Jamila, 38, also urged the listeners to think long term before giving in to momentary validation. “So I want to be someone who reminds people: don’t eat for your waistline now, eat for your longevity later.” The conversation built around the use of laxatives and unhealthy diets aimed at weightloss as Jameela confessed to conforming, despite having criticised Kim Kardashian's beauty apporoaches in the past.
“I took so many laxatives, I’m amazed I even still have an a**h***, to be perfectly honest. It’s a real trooper. It’s a survivor.
I took any pill or drink or diet that Oprah recommended. I did it. I took it.
You know, any very low calorie supermodel diet.” Besides other complications that took a toll on her organs including kidney, liver, digestive system, and heart, Jamila shared that her bone density also got severely compromised recently. She expressed her frustration over the lack of awareness around the consequences of anorexic behaviours.
"There’s so much talk about the dangers of being in a bigger bo.