Gillian McKeith was born in 1959 in Perth, Scotland. She was raised in Scotland, and she attended Edinburgh University where she earned degrees in business and in linguistics.
McKeith has a very popular television show on BBC 4 in England titled "You Are What You Eat." Her show gained popularity when she publicly helped singer Michelle McManus lose nearly 100 pounds. The show can now be seen in more than 30 countries worldwide.
She is a best-selling author. Her most popular book is "You Are What You Eat." It has sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
Gillian McKeith calls herself a doctor of holistic medicine. However, according to Unrealitytv.co.uk, none of the colleges that she claims to have received a degree from are officially accredited schools.
McKeith suffers from curvature of the spine known as scoliosis. She is married to an American lawyer named Howard Magaziner, and she has two children named Afton and Skylar.