Dukan diet is harmful to health

• April 26, 2024

The Group of Review, Study and Positioning of the Spanish Association of Dieticians-Nutritionists , affirms that the "diet "Slimming proposed by Pierre Dukan , it is dangerous. This opinion is based on 6 considerations, among them, the absence of a scientific basis and the erroneous attribution of slimming capacity to proteins dietetics .

According to the experts of the Spanish Association , none of the Spanish or international scientific databases (Elsevier, Excelenciaclinica.net, Clinical practice guidelines in the National Health System, Scielo, Scirus, ScienceDirect, clinicaltrials.gov Y PubMed), contains any study that refers to this diet or that supports its effectiveness or safety.

The information, published on the portal Muyinteresante.com , states that the Dukan method meets the characteristics of a fraudulent diet that, according to the American Dietetic Association and the Spanish Association of Dietitians-Nutritionists, are, among others, promise "fast" and "magic" results, prohibit the consumption of a food or group of foods, and contain lists of "good" or "bad" foods.

The authors of the report emphasize that the high intake of protein dietetics It is not free of risks. On the one hand, monitoring the diet of 22,944 adults for 10 years showed that prolonged consumption of carbohydrate-rich and protein-rich diets is associated with an increase in mortality. In addition, high protein intake has been associated with chronic diseases such as osteoporosis , kidney stones , renal insufficiency , Cancer , cardiovascular disease Y obesity .

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In November 2010, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Safety (ANSES) indicates that the call Dukan diet It can generate nutritional imbalances and be highly dangerous for health, because it could cause somatic, psychological, hormonal, growth or physical and mental performance alterations.

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