Gwyneth Paltrow, 48, says she 'gained a lot of weight' during quarantine - and blames long COVID for slowing down her metabolism, complaining that her body can't 'snap back' like it used to Last week, Gwyneth revealed that she has been suffering from long COVID since contracting the virus early in the pandemic In the latest episode of the Dear Media podcast The Art of Being Well, the 48-year-old spoke with her functional medicine practitioner Dr. Will Cole She said she used to just 'eat really well for a couple of days [and] exercise a lot' and could easily shed extra pounds