Zoe Marshall sets the record straight on claims she ‘fasted for two weeks’

Zoe Marshall has set the record straight on claims she fasted for two weeks.

On Wednesday, the 35-year-old radio presenter clarified that she only fasted for a two-week period once when she was following a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) program while trying to get pregnant.

‘I was under a doctor’s supervision, and taking Chinese herbal tablets to support my system,’ she wrote.

She added that the program wasn’t just about fasting but also included  ‘acupuncture, cupping, massage and reflexology’.

It comes after Zoe, who is married to NRL player Benji Marshall, compared taking an ice bath to her experience of fasting in an Instagram post on Monday.

She shared a photo of herself sitting in a tub filled with ice, a method used by athletes to sooth sore muscles and inflammation. 

‘Whenever I feel uncomfortable about doing something that’s when I know I’m getting called to do it,’ she wrote in the caption. ‘Whether that’s fasting for two weeks (no food, no juice, sips of water only) or it’s sitting in zero degrees.’ 

Zoe has since updated her caption to clarify that her two-week fast involved ‘no food, no juice, sips of water and Chinese herbs only‘ and added that ‘this was under the care of a doctor’.

She followed the TCM program in 2017 while trying to get pregnant, and spoke about it on The Morning Show at the time.

‘I went to on a radical Chinese program and you don’t eat for two weeks to give your body an overhaul and help your organs regenerate,’ she said.

This extreme detox typically involves no food for a fortnight, with followers only consuming a herbal drink three times a day. 

Zoe and Benji welcomed their first child, son Benjamin Fox, in March 2018.