[Audio] UC Nutritionist: Diet and food restriction are “medicine of the last century”

After the 2023 Nutritional Map study revealed that at least 50% of the students – from pre-kindergarten to first grade – in the country suffer from some type of overweight, nutritionist from the UC Christus Network Verónica Irribarra stated in Cooperativa that the diet and Food restriction “is medicine from the last century.”

“People always expect us doctors to put them on a diet and give them a list of things they can’t eat, (but) the truth is that it is medicine from the last century,” said the nutrition and diabetes specialist from the Catholic University. , and added that “today we emphasize a new aspect of the treatment, which is to go beyond the pill and the restriction: ‘culinary medicine’, which is how I deliver elements to people so that their quality of nutrition improves.” “.

Along these lines, the nutritionist explained that “we are fortunate to live in a country with a Mediterranean climate and the Mediterranean diet is the one that has been proven to keep us healthy and is quite plant-based, so it gives us many advantages in terms of fiber. , favor the microbiota, and all things that have to do with immunity.

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