While our general policy is to spend an 8 hour day watching YouTube content for a review, plus it generally takes an additional 8-16 hours for research / writing (depending on how many academic references I need to source/ read), it is impossible for me to watch an entire catalogue of a creator’s content. Not to mention, I even consulted two dietitian colleagues who specialize in this field and are familiar with Greg’s content and diet. While I stand by my critique of the content I saw and the words I heard from Greg, he has contradicted these statements elsewhere or provided context that I missed. because again, I didn’t and just cannot reasonably watch everything (see my thoughts below). Unfortunately for anyone (not just me) watching particular random videos (even much less than 8 hours), this context would be lost, as it was clearly lost of me and I was looking for it.
Upon further reflection, however, I did remove the part of my video discussing the video he himself had removed from his channel. If it’s on his channel, I assume it is still relevant in some way to him, but if he removed it, I am satisfied that he is no longer aligned with that content, so I must respect that fully.
I also need to disclose that we shot this back in March/April I believe (right around the start of Covid) as you can probably tell by my modest belly (I don’t look like that now hah). So because of that, I didn’t see his most recent videos and I’m including some learnings below from that.
I also am sure you know that I am watching Greg’s content from a very different lens and worldview given my professional and personal experience, and since Greg and I have very different communication styles, I likely just do not “get him”. I get the sense that his approach is funny or motivational to some people, and is just not my style. Having said that, I really tried not to criticize Greg himself, and stick to some of the comments he made.
My goal with these reviews is not to misrepresent a YouTuber, or tarnish their reputation. But rather, to look at how their recommendations may apply to the general population who can watch their videos from abroad. In this video, even when I made a comment or recommendation for the general population (non body building population), I gave lots of disclaimers and acknowledgements that Greg’s goals are unique and therefore in a lot of cases, I “understood” why he was choosing the foods he was choosing. I also think I gave Greg a lot of credit and respect in the video for his hard work related to his lifestyle, even if it’s not something I would recommend.
Also of course it would be great for me to review Greg’s cookbook, but as a general rule for these, I only review FREE content by a creator, and Greg’s book is $99!!!
And yes, I was able to see Greg disclosing his use of PEDs a few times in my research (ie • Видео ), but I was advised by my team not to repeat this back and to keep it top level. I don’t want to get involved in making legal accusations, even if they’re something a creator has admitted themselves. This is (as I alluded) why Greg can eat low fat, and I actually even said that his diet wasn’t even THAT low fat considering this situation.
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