Lose 5, 10 or 30 km at a phenomenal speed, preferably without intensive sport? This is the bet of the slimming diets in vogue on social networks.
All means are good for certain influencers, who become guinea pigs and prophets of various diets, ranging from nocturnal intermittent fasting, which prescribes sixteen hours of deprivation between dinner and the following lunch, to the mono diet, a diet focused on a single food (eating only apples, or only rice, for several days).
A “deadly” and risky trend according to specialists interviewed by theAFPNutritionist Pierre Azam, founder of the Obesity Observatory, denounces algorithms that lead Internet users from one diet to another.
Conflicting or cumulative information
People, especially young people, who want to lose weight find themselves caught in the grip of sometimes contradictory or cumulative information.
he believes. He is worried about the effect of these injunctions on vulnerable people, who could fall into eating disorder trends
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“The body hates being abused”
The French National Agency for Food Safety (ANSES) reminds us that 95% of diets are doomed to failure within five years. Nutritionist Arnaud Cocaul explains that Most diets are based on prohibition and frustration, and the body hates it when it isand violent »
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At the opposite end of the spectrum from so-called quick and easy weight loss, Dr. Cocaul recommends a rebalancing of the diet. In the same vein, Pierre Azam warns: sticking to a diet that is too restrictive couldattack the constitution of the organs and develop hormonal disorders, digestive disorders, long-term pathologiesurs »
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