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During the months of incarceration, many people have reduced their intake healthy food and they consume those with a high calorie index (saturated fats, sugars and refined flours, such as soft drinks, pizzas, desserts, cakes, etc.). This, added to the decrease in physical activity, has resulted in health problems overweight, obesity and diabetes, among other diseases.
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The return to the new normal coincides with the arrival of the summer and with it the obsessive desire of some people to want to do without kilo earned by resorting to strict diets or “miracle” supplements.
For Pedro Tirado Rau, nutritionist at Sisol Salud, of the Municipality of Lima, certain diets and weight loss drugs can cause serious complications in the body. “Following a strict diet or resorting to ‘miracle’ supplements limits the consumption of certain foods and the amounts our body needs, as fewer calories are consumed, but also fewer nutrients, leading to deficiencies in minerals and vitamins can cause”, he indicated.
The specialist assured that many subsistence allowance recommended are unbalanced; some of these are classified in hypocaloric (those with a low energy content), dissociative (make sure the combination of foods is fattening), exclusive (to eliminate some nutrients) mono diets and liquid diets.
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“In extreme cases, the side effects of these diets can involve metabolic and neuropsychological disorders, gastrointestinal disorders and even cause ketosis and kidney problems”called the nutritionist.
A healthy diet it must be personalized and supervised by a professional nutritionist. It must be balanced and composed protein (meat, dairy products, eggs, beans), carbohydrates (whole grains such as quinoa, kiwicha, oats, brown rice; tubers (potato, cassava, sweet potato, olluco), fats (avocado, olive, sesame, chia, flaxseed, olive oil, sunflower, sacha inchi) and nuts, as well as vitamins, minerals, water and trace elements (fruits and vegetables in their great variety).
And last but not least, Thrown away pointed out that the diet should be consistent with the person’s age, sex, physical activity and health. In addition, he recommended living a healthy lifestyle, including drinking water (two liters a day), exercise (at least 30 minutes a day), sleeping 7 to 8 hours, and avoiding coffee, alcohol, cigarettes, soda and junk food.