The bubble of multilevel nutrition companies

As a humble dietician-nutritionist it is evident that I have nothing to do against these multilevel nutrition companies with billions of dollars and armies of lawyers, but I will do everything in my power to spread the word on this issue.
I can't conceive the wordlimentation without thinking about the patient's healthe, just as good health cannot be understood without properlimentation. Okay, cleared this up:

• When do you have a toothache, do you go to the mechanic?
• When do you need medication, do you go to the kiosk?
• If you have contractures, do you go to the lawyer?

And so it could be until tomorrow, illogical right? Well if you need to improve yourlimentation either for health, for sports performance or for aesthetics do not go to people without adequate training, since it is YOUR HEALTH THAT IS AT PLAY. Always go to a registered dietitian-nutritionist.
Well, to the point. With this article I do not pretend that they give me the medal for collegiate of the month in codinucova (College of Nutritionist Dietitians of the Valencian Community) to which I belong (and to which you can go to find a professional who will attend you), but make readers see the reality of multilevel nutrition companies.

Are we clients with money or patients with health?

• First of all, we will talk about TRAINING: I have patients in consultation who have gone to multilevel nutrition companies before and have been advised by their "nutritional coach" (synonymous with I have no idea about nutrition, but it looks super cool and professional) and it turned out that he had a degree in Geography! I doubt that in their career they have given Diet therapy, dietetics, nutritional pathology, drug-nutrient interaction, nutrition 1, nutrition 2, etc. And so on up to 4 YEARS OF CAREER. I certainly did not say anything related to world maps, rivers or mountains.

That is to say, the vast majority only know about nutrition the 4 courses that the company has given them (in fact, on social reds, everyone says that you join their team, without consulting the training you have, THAT IS THE SAME), but that focus on selling you products that you DO NOT NEED and on attracting customers, because don't forget, they see customers with money, not patients with health.

Beware of nutritional substitutes

• En second place eats food, not substitutes: that is, if a supplement is needed, I am the first to advise a patient, for example a recuperator in athletes or a gel during a race. BEWARE, this is not the same as a shake with a zillion nutrients that can make us replace a meal. Sirs, I'm sorry but NO.

It is important to know how to differentiate supplement (an extra to the diet, many times unnecessary) a substitute (100% times unnecessary).

Go to a professional who will never impose a substitute on you, whose first option will always be to offer youlimentos and teach you to eat.

A smoothie can never be equated to eating fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, fish, eggs, nuts, pasta, rice, legumes, bread, etc. in a day.

• Third, of course you lose weight, if you do not eat you lose, it is evident, but paying the toll with your health. Just like if you stop eating completely ... you lose too! What it is about is learning to eat, so that you can maintain the new habits for the rest of your life. That is, do not eat less or do not eat, but eat well.

Do you see yourself drinking replacement shakes for life? right? That is why most of his clients, when they finish treatments and have to eat normally again, regain their weight, since they do not know what tolimeHow much to consume, or at what time, or quantities, or compensate for an excess. Then the rebound effect appears.

• Let's go for him Fourth point. They are committing a crime of labor intrusion. According to Law 44/2003 on health regulations, dietitians-nutritionists are those who can manipulate thelimentation of a person As far as I know, they advise substituting meals for a shake, they weigh you, measure you... I think they break said law, therefore CRIME BY INTRUSION.
• 5 point: customization. Lacking the necessary training, they cannot offer personalized solutions to each patient. For example, a patient with CKD (chronic kidney disease) could be given a protein shake and sentenced to lifelong hemodialysis in a few months, since I doubt that in their courses they have explained anything about it, in fact I doubt even of that they know what a CKD is. What do we do with a pregnant woman? And with a patient with hyperuricemia? And with irritable colon? Well, this shake itself, what does it matter, if in the course they told us that we had to sell!

We are already finishing ... point 6, the pleasure to eat: nowadays social life revolves around food. Can you imagine your cousin drinking a milkshake in Sunday's paella? Ridiculous! Or on a very cold day not having the pleasure of having a hot noodle soup, or knowing that you are going to run a marathon and not have your toast with honey or jam, etc.
Food is one of life's joys and can never be substituted for a smoothie.
And in seventh and last place… they have already been convicted! 200 million dollars in fine for its pyramid structure method, and return of money to some 350.000 affected.
PS There are many multilevel nutrition companies that do exactly this. In summary: always distrust that they try to force you to buy products as well as those "health coach, life coach etc" or people who offer substitutes.
I hope I have clarified an issue that is basic for health and that it is shared as much as possible. Someone who manipulates the health of the population without the necessary training and who puts money before well-being is A HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

Ismael Martinez Garcia
Dietitian
Collegiate Number CV00678
Master in Nutrition as a pillar in performance in endurance and ultra-endurance sports.
www.dietisticavalencia.com
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