“Magical diets, far from being the most effective, are picturesque and clearly wrong”.

-It is one of the major controversies to the DRA. Rosa María Ortega, Professor of nutrition at the Complutense, addressed during the day: most people who adopt magical diets, are unaware that they are not healthy.

-The official College of pharmacists estimated that 4 of every 5 people used this type of patterns to food healthy. professionals must clarify concepts and consumer-oriented ”, says the DRA. Hope Torija, Professor of nutrition and bromatology.

Madrid, October 2009.- To publicize what diets known as evil magic and expose the consumer health risk that entail, is the main goal of the day magical diets: mitos y realidades ”, held Wednesday at the headquarters of the Royal National Academy of pharmacy in Madrid. Organized by the official College of pharmacists, the Royal Academy of Pharmacy and the Instituto Tomas Pascual Sanz, she participated in the doctors and Professorship of the University Complutense Rosa Mª Ortega and hope Torija.

Overweight and obesity are widely widespread in today’s society and they can lead to very serious diseases. This concern for the maintenance or reduction of the weight, makes professionals we turn in advising on the best way to do ”, explains the DRA. Torija. More even if we take into account the data of the official College of pharmacists suggest that 90% of the population uses or has used magic diets ”, largely without knowing the consequences which they cause in our health and ineffective, both long-term and short-term.

Weight control is a health priority, and for many individuals, is also an aesthetic priority. It is therefore an issue of great interest that leads to the creation, proliferation and diffusion of hundreds of dietary methods aimed at achieving large weight losses at a time as short as possible ”, says the DRA. Rosa Mª Ortega.

During the day, were detailed most used incorrect diets, its foundations and its risks.

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