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  • Diet Food Label Scam

We have become accustomed to immediate consumption.

In reading, in food and even in relationships.

We discard everything that involves an effort (unnecessary?), No matter the setting or the protagonists.

We want it all and we want it now without stopping to read the 'fine print'.

And that is precisely what the nutritionist Carlos Ríos, creator of the Realfooding movement, has stubbornly been recommending us for years:

that we read the 'fine print'

... on the labels of the foods we consume.

His new crusade (not the last) has been to read (since we do not do it) and decipher (since we do not know) the 'small print' of some

supposed reducing chewing gums

that, thanks to zinc, would contribute to improve the functioning of our metabolic system.

What do these chewing gums have to 'presumably' help us lose weight?

This is how Carlos Ríos himself explains it to us: "If

we examine its ingredients,

which would be the first thing to do, instead of being carried away by the image of the 'packaging' and all the marketing that surrounds it,

we will get very bad vibes

to verify that, among the former, we only see sweeteners (polyols) whose excessive consumption can generate a

laxative effect "

.

The supposed 'slimming ingredients', he points out, are "the

probiotic

and

zinc citrate

whose evidence does not support any effect on fat loss; the only thing that will help to burn will be the pocket of the deceived consumer."

Why is zinc supposed to be thin?

"Zinc is a mineral that has numerous functions in our body. It is necessary, for example, for the

proper functioning of the immune system

. However, it is also essential for the different aspects of the

metabolism of the nutrients

that we provide through food "explains Ríos.

"It has been seen - he continues - that

zinc deficiency can affect the functionality of insulin

(a hormone responsible for managing carbohydrates) and the

regulation of leptin

(a hormone with a key role in controlling appetite and the intake of food)".

Deficiencies that, he maintains, are "more or less relevant but, beware, they are not rare in a context of

high consumption of ultra-processed products,

as shown by different surveys carried out in Western countries." Which does not mean in any case that "some chewing gum is going to solve a problem that is based on the

lifestyle of

the population. This is something totally out of reality that seeks to exploit marketing."

At this point the key question would be, is it safe or can it be harmful to ingest it in this way?

"As with any nutrient, both excess and deficiency is harmful.

The best way to avoid problems is by obtaining the nutrients from real food such

as shellfish, meat, fish, legumes, dairy, seeds and eggs. These are the foods with higher zinc content that should be incorporated regularly into our diet ".

ACTIVATED CHARCOAL PILLS

Unfortunately, zinc gum is not the only recent 'invention' that promises to help us lose kilos without realizing what we can find on the market. The

activated carbon

became one of the 'greatest hits' of Christmas past. "Unfortunately, new products will continue to appear with an unfavorable cost / benefit ratio that seek to sneak into the basket of

consumers

, often

desperate to lose weight

. The best thing to do if you want to lose weight is precisely to

get away from promises or messages that target weight loss

rather than lifestyle improvement.

It is also important to be clear that no supplement or compound alone is going to cause significant weight loss. "

Those who say that a supplement "has worked" is probably that "many things have changed in their life (diet, exercise, etc.)".

Therefore, they cannot assure that "the supplement was the cause of the improvement."

This happens, says the nutritionist, is very common.

"" Amimefunctionism "is like that."

Why do we like to take shortcuts so much, even if they harm our health?

"Often due to the

desperation

of weight gain and the need for

immediate reward

(rather than being patient). It is common to return from vacation with a few extra pounds. This should be normalized. In fact, the

weight tends to restore relatively quickly after a return to pre-

vacation

habits

, assuming, of course, that these were healthy. What

should not be normalized are clearly negative rituals in the form of fad diets, miracle products,

compulsive exercise, etc. . which, unfortunately, remain common after weight gain, "he concludes.

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