Given the increase in cases of obesity and metabolic diseases, a "bombardment" of diets that do not have the minimum balanced feed characteristics or promote healthy habits has emerged
According to the National Nutrition and Health Survey of Half Camino 2016, carried out by the National Institute of Public Health, the incidence of obesity in the Mexican population continues to increase, while the number of people with diabetes exceeds 9 million.At the same time, there is a growing bombardment of numerous diets that promise to reduce body weight and even control blood glucose levels in a short time.
"In different media, mainly on the Internet, false promises are promoted, such as losing up to six kilos a week, reducing four sizes per month and controlling diabetes through different feeding plans that are not endorsed by medical specialists," says theDoctor Armando Dávalos Ibáñez, endocrinologist and former president of the Mexican Association for the study of obesity.
Because obesity is a risk factor for developing diabetes and that a significant percentage of people who already suffer from the disease are overweight and are told that those kilos of more fall into the networks of those “miracle” diets.
In this context, the specialist warns that these plans do not have the minimum characteristics of a balanced diet and do not promote physical activity or healthy habits.“Far from benefiting, they harm the health of people desperate to get rid of obesity, since they are unbalanced and restrictive, which generates negative effects on the body and this is aggravated in people with diabetes because they can suffer metabolic alterations that prevent them fromKeep your glucose levels under control. ”
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In fact, following such a feeding plan over time generates the opposite effect, because at the beginning weight is lost, but then recovers and even won more kilos, which increases insulin resistance and unbalanced levels ofBlood glucose.
“By undergoing such restrictive regimes, not only fat is lost, but muscle mass and water, which reduces the body's ability to consume calories.In fact, it is proven that the well -developed muscles burn more calories and, after following a very rigorous diet, reduce their size and make caloric consumption difficult, ”explains Dr. Dávalos Ibáñez.
In addition, when leaving the diet, people eat again as they did before and even more due to the prohibitions they suffered.The body does not know how to distinguish between dietary regime of reduction and state of nutritional lack, so it will now tend to accumulate more fat reserves to address emergency situations.
“If these diets really work we would see less obese people walking down the street and more people with their diabetes under control.None of the ‘miraculous’ eating regimes that are disseminated by the different media is effective.Therefore, it is essential to take into account that the only way to lose weight and with lasting results is to learn to eat healthy, which can always be achieved with the advice of a medical specialist, ”says Dr. Dávalos Ibáñez.