RECOMMENDS IMSS TO COME WITH THE SPECIALIST BEFORE DOING DIET – Express Newspa

• The nutritionist is the specialist who guarantees an appropriate treatment for each particular case
• Following a diet without control can put your health at risk and cause “rebound”

Tepic // Ricardo Romero

The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Nayarit, through the Coordination of Nutrition and Dietetics, recommends that when deciding to lose weight through a diet, you should always go to a professional, such as a doctor or nutrition specialist, who is who can provide the best food discipline in this regard. The coordinator of this area of ​​the Family Medicine Unit (UMF) No. 25, Edith Azeneth Aguilar Gómez, said that it is they who will recommend the most appropriate, based on age and ideal weight.

The objectives are to combat, according to personal characteristics, and of course with a programmed control, overweight and obesity, which are problems that require treatment with a balanced diet and healthy lifestyles.

“You should consult a professional on the subject, because there are countless nutritional products on the market to which attribute” fat burning “qualities or often combine amphetamines with thyroid hormones and diuretics or” magic “pills added with names like micro, poly, oxy, but to make them look more scientific and make them more attractive, “he said.

He added that they also recommend herbs, arguing that it is a natural product that thins and burns fat, but in most cases only produce water and electrolyte loss, and when consumed in high doses can be toxic and poisonous, and once they stop taking them, the body returns to its normal state and regains the weight (bounce).

“There are multiple diets found in the commercial market, magazines, media or within the same population that are elaborated by profane people in the field of nutrition, businessmen, singers, actresses, famous artists suppose theories and incorrect explanations, without scientific basis, “remarked the specialist.

He added that these products are given attributes that they do not have, arguing that they burn fat or lose weight, and the more you consume, the more thinning.

They are commonly assigned very rare names: lemon diet, 3P diet, raw diet, Dr. Atkins diet, moon diet, liquid diet, Mayo diet, ketogenic diets, among other names. “

The nutritionist said that the characteristics of these diets are mostly hypocaloric but unbalanced, and can produce alterations, such as the famous rebound that results in an increase in fat due to loss of muscle mass; they can be monotonous and hardly cover the needs of all the nutrients; there is a risk of reactive hypoglycaemia in glucose intolerance, as well as cardiac arrhythmias.

He stressed that there are simple considerations that guarantee us the progressive reduction of our weight without any damage to health; the diet should be balanced in nutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and fat), as well as energy, customized to the individual, schedules, tastes, combined if possible with moderate exercise, decreased caloric intake and increased spending.

Finally, the specialist makes a call to those beneficiaries with weight problems, who come to your medical unit for the specialist or family doctor to recommend the diet or healthy lifestyle strategy, with food from the plate of good eating , enough water consumption and constant physical activity.

• Nayarit