Celebrity chef Pete Evans has again come under fire for controversial nutritional advice.

The My Kitchen Rules co-host warned a woman with osteoporosis to avoid dairy, during a question and answer session on his Facebook page last Sunday, The Herald Sun reports. Telling her that calcium from dairy products “can actually remove the calcium from your bones”.

The woman said her doctor “insists that medication is the only way”, and Evans then suggested she remove dairy from her diet to comply with the paleo diet.

“I haven’t given my kids dairy for over five years and they are thriving,” he added.

He even went as far as saying, “Most doctors do not know this information.”

Osteoporosis Australia’s Peter Ebeling told the newspaper Evans’ claims were “really bad and just not true”.

“You can’t assume what he says is scientifically correct,” Prof. Ebeling said.

“The keystone to preventing osteoporosis is adequate calcium intake and this is achieved by three (daily) serves of calcium-rich foods like dairy.

“Dairy is the most easily available source and has the highest calcium content in it.”

Australian doctor Brad Robinson responded to the “astounding” advice in an open letter posted to Facebook.

“You are a chef, NOT a doctor,” Dr Robinson wrote.

“You do not have access to information that us uneducated doctors do not.

“Your astounding advice about osteoporosis would be amusing if it wasn’t so potentially damaging to anyone at risk who actually believed you,” he said.

“Can we make a deal? You don’t give medical advice and I won’t tell you how to best shuck oysters”.

Evans also came under scrutiny from Osteoporosis Australia’s Peter Ebeling, who told the Herald Sun the chef’s claims were “really bad and just not true”.

“You can’t assume what he says is scientifically correct,” Prof. Ebeling said.

“The keystone to preventing osteoporosis is adequate calcium intake and this is achieved by three (daily) serves of calcium-rich foods like dairy.

“Dairy is the most easily available source and has the highest calcium content in it.”

Today Pete has shared his indepth thoughts on dairy, see his post below.

The answer to whether or not anyone should consume dairy products is a complicated one. As with many things, the answer comes down to: “It depends.”

Last month, Pete was in the headlines after describing using normal sunscreen as “silly” because it was full of “poisonous chemicals”.

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