That being said, more and more people are now pursuing a healthier lifestyle.
We all know that eating health is very important, but there are some people who pursue a healthy life in a way that seems a bit "extreme".
Driven by social media, "clean eating" has become a new way to eat.
What is a clean diet?
Open Twitter, search for clean eating, and an entry will appear, and the amount of discussion will reach tens of thousands.
Simply put, a clean diet means not eating processed foods and eating more unprocessed natural produce.
Applied to life, that is, in the process of selecting food, try to avoid all processed foods, and try to keep the food natural.
This way of eating has been praised by all walks of life 360 degrees, and has also been respected by many Internet celebrities at home and abroad. It is even believed to have the effect of "purifying the soul and sublimating life".
But are these healthy-sounding methods really healthy?
In 2017, the BBC made a documentary, and in order to confirm the truth of "clean diet", Dr. Giles Chiu began to explore the secret of "clean diet"...
(Source: BBC documentary "Clean Eating, Dirty Truth")
Over the course of the documentary's 1-hour length, he will be seen using science to unilaterally crush influencers, scammers, and their marketing scams.
This is a contest behind science and the Internet celebrity economy, come and take a look at it with Xiaobian.
In order to investigate the truth about clean eating, the protagonist, Dr. Giles Chiu, chooses some of the masters of clean eating and talks to them face to face.
First, he found the influencer Ella. The influencer blogger said he had suffered from strange diseases before and was successfully cured by eating vegetarian food. Her story is sought after on the Internet, where she often posts her vegetarian recipes and attracts a large number of fans.
Now, she is an influencer with more than 1 million followers.
In Ella's diet book, Ella's Recipes for Food, there are a variety of food recommendations.
For example, what do you need to eat after a run? Of course it's almond butter mixed with quinoa!
Dr. Qiu found her and prepared a vegetarian lunch with her. However, Dr. Qiu discovered during the exchange that Ella herself did not understand the scientific theories of diet, and that all her theories were derived from a book called Life-Saving Diet.
Dr. Qiu asked Ella how to think about your way of eating is actually unfounded. Ella answered frankly -
"I'm not a doctor, I'm not a scientist, and I never pretend I am." "I've read a lot of books, I've seen a lot of documentaries, and they all have a common central idea: eat more whole foods, eat less processed foods, eat more vegetables, it's good for the body."
Finding that Ella's own diet was not scientifically sound, Dr. Qiu began preparing for the next round of investigations — finding Professor Campbell, author of Life-Saving Diet.
Published in 2005, the life-saving diet book is probably based on the idea that "a plant-based diet is healthy, while an animal-based diet is not good." ”
Professor Campbell, who had just been approached, told Dr. Qiu some of the conclusions that meat intake was related to the growth rate of cancer and heart disease.
However, in Professor Campbell's experiment, cholesterol was used instead of protein content, ignoring factors such as human genetics and weight. That is, this conclusion is inaccurate.
When Dr. Qiu asked again, Professor Campbell said that this theory is not based on evidence, it is not applicable to everyone.
Give it a try, at least it doesn't hurt.
So, the theory that eating only vegetarian food can make you healthier is just pseudoscience.
Gluten-free diets were first used to treat patients with celiac disease because some people are allergic to gluten.
This way of eating has attracted the attention of the European and American food industry, under the blessing of Hollywood stars and athletes, the topic and controversy continue, and even labeled as a weight loss, becoming the secret recipe for celebrities to lose weight.
Gluten-free diet is actually not eating foods containing wheat, including bread, cereal, pasta, beer, etc., and many celebrity Internet celebrities are also promoting it.
Advocates of clean eating have been promoting gluten-free foods, but others have raised the bar, arguing that foods that do not eat grains make people healthier.
Bill Davis was the initiator of the no-grain campaign, writing a book called "Full of Wheat" that explains the huge positive impact that not eating grains can have on overall health.
In search of the truth, Dr. Qiu approached Bill Davis, a missionary against wheat.
Bill Davis, a cardiologist for 20 years, asked him how he found that not eating grains affected his health, he simply used his own patients as an example and said he was also a beneficiary of a grain-free diet.
But when Dr. Qiu asked him, "Are you saying that, in a way, eating grains is harmful to all of humanity?" ”
His response was: "Yes, without exception".
To build on the case against grain, Bill Davis pieced together evidence from different dietary studies and finally attributed much of the disease to wheat.
This statement is extreme and is not the mainstream view in the scientific community. To this end, Bill Davis mentioned the research of another doctor who could support his own research.
But when Dr. Qiu approached him, he didn't agree with that view—"I respect and like Dr. Davis's point of view." I'd be happy if he was right. But to be honest, I don't think that's the case. ”
Dr. Qiu believes that if you want to take such an extreme diet, you must have real evidence.
To do otherwise is to preach fear of a certain type of food that most people don't have to worry about.
According to the book "Health in Truth," meat products, dairy products, and all processed foods form acids in our bodies, and these acids become a burden on the liver and kidneys.
Alkaline foods, such as broccoli, kale, and avocados, are easier to digest and absorb and can create an alkaline environment in your body. Allegedly, this can help cure the disease.
Regarding whether the alkaline constitution is correct, the daily newspaper jun has introduced it to you many times.
Simply put: scam! swindle! swindle!!!
In order to verify the truth of the alkaline diet, Dr. Qiu found the godfather of the alkaline diet, Robert Ouyang.
He believes that the best state of health of the human body is alkaline, because that's how the human body is designed.
As early as a few decades ago, the United States set off a wave of "acid-base physique theory", and the founder Robert Ouyang was known as the "father of acid-base".
In this theory, the "acidic constitution" is unhealthy, which can lead to cancer, obesity, osteoporosis, skin diseases and other diseases; and through conditioning to make the body become an "alkaline constitution", it is conducive to resisting diseases and restoring health.
(Source: Weibo)
Just last November, the "father of acids and alkalis" was fined $105 million by a U.S. court.
In court, he admitted on the spot that the "acid-base physique theory" was actually a hoax.
(Source: Screenshot)
As long as it is a normal person, whether the food they eat is acid or alkali, the body will automatically neutralize them to the normal range, and the benefits of alkaline food for the human body do not exist.
Once the alkaline food intake is too much, it is easy to cause stones, acid-base disorders and other hazards, so these so-called alkaline foods are really not so magical.
So, alkaline foods can make the body healthier? inexistent.
In April last year, an Australian supermodel revealed the secret of a "clean diet".
She posted on social media that her body had deformed due to her blind pursuit of a clean diet, and apologized to the majority of netizens for spreading this unhealthy eating concept.
(Source: Network)
There's nothing wrong with focusing on the health of your diet, but any single diet can have a serious impact on your health.
How many of these advocates of clean eating are making money by selling concepts to the masses?
Many people are practicing the theories of these Internet celebrities, celebrities, and businessmen, and due to people's blind imitation, it is likely to cause an imbalance in the diet structure, affecting not only thousands of people.
Therefore, people should use a more scientific method when choosing a dietary way, fully understand the information, and avoid taking it out of context.
There is nothing wrong with pursuing beauty, but health cannot be the price of beauty.