“We lose weight but muscle mass decreases and there is a rebound effect”

“The princess diet, I had never heard of it”; “How many miracle diets, or dangerous diets, that’s what we should call them.” These are some of the thoughts of Nuria Roca In ‘The Rock‘(The sixth) after … Know the ideas circulating on the networks to reach those who want to lose weight quickly and easily. To talk about it, now that Christmas is approaching and in a few weeks many people will start with the ‘Operation: Bikini‘, seeking to get rid of the extra pounds that they may have accumulated during the holidays, arrived on the set of the program Pablo Ojeda, the most popular nutritionist of La Sexta.

Ojeda arrived at the program with several toys “of my children”, he explained to illustrate in a simple way the risks hidden behind these directives for lower volume in just a few weeks. He gave references to some that limit protein intake or certain food groups and gave the reasons why they are so harmful to the body. Among those cited, “the famous Dukan diet or that are similar and remove specific foods.

Regarding Dukan and others like him, this nutrition and dietetics expert was energetic: “I’m losing weight, yes, but it’s as if I put 20 euros of gasoline in the car I’m going from Seville to Barcelona, ​​well that’s not enough.” In these cases, the body responds by trying to draw energy from other areas and ends up pulling the muscle. In the medium and long term, the dreaded rebound effect: “When you finished the diet, you lost a lot of weight but your muscle mass decreased.”

Another aspect influenced by the use of “miracle” diets is the body’s glycogen. Pablo Ojeda used a ball to give as an example how what is stored in the liver and muscles ends up emptying if “we eliminate carbohydrates”. “Can lose seven kilos in two weeks but you haven’t lost a single gram of fat. “You simply removed the energy reserves you had,” this expert said last Sunday under the watchful eye of Nuria Roca and her collaborators.

Pablo Ojeda focused on the importance of putting yourself in the hands of knowledgeable and expert professionals in dietetics and nutrition. And also how important it is to combine a healthy and balanced diet with physical exercise.