Nutritional diet company

Domestic formally registered nutrition and diet companies are neither health artifacts that can cure all diseases, nor IQ taxes that specialize in cutting leeks. Its actual value depends on the match between your own needs and product selection, as well as the professional bottom line of the brand itself.

My best friend gave birth to a baby last year and spent half a month at home during confinement. She either drank meat soup to block her breasts until it hurt and cried, or she only ate vegetables for fear of getting fat. Her milk production dropped so fast that the baby couldn't even eat enough. Later, she found a small local company that specializes in maternal and childbirth nutrition. They came to her home to test her body composition and milk nutrition. They even noted down her habits of being lactose intolerant and not eating coriander. The meal and staple food were tri-color quinoa and germ rice mixed in a ratio of 3:2. After a week, her lactation became stable and her weight gradually dropped by two pounds. Even her previous severe hair loss problem was alleviated a lot. But she, a mother in the same confinement center, spent 99 yuan to buy a weekly weight-loss meal from an internet celebrity nutrition company. Every meal consisted of broccoli and chicken breast, and there was no standard salt requirement. She had a long-standing problem with high uric acid. After half a month of eating, she went for a physical examination. Her uric acid soared to 520. When she went to customer service, they just said, "There is something wrong with your own metabolism."

Actually, I used to think that such companies only sell light meals. Later, after eating with friends from the nutrition department of the hospital, I realized that now this industry is completely run by two groups of people, and they don’t quite like each other. One type is the medical school that relies on clinical resources and mainly serves post-operative patients, people with chronic diseases such as diabetes/kidney disease, and people in special periods of pregnancy and childbirth. The meals are completely based on the "Reference Dietary Nutrient Intakes for Chinese Residents", and even the ratio of protein to carbohydrates is low. They always look down on the other school that does public business. They say that those so-called weight-loss meals reduce carbohydrates to only one-third of normal needs in order to be low in calories. Ordinary people who eat for a long time will suffer from aunt disorders at worst, and fainting due to low blood sugar. They are completely exchanging user health for traffic.

Being a public health brand also has its own reasons: the clinically prepared meals are so bland that ordinary people can't last for three days. We make the meals more delicious so that users can eat them for half a month. It's better than ordering takeaways that are heavy in oil and salt, right? Besides, it's just about losing weight, so it doesn't have to be as harsh as preparing meals for patients.

To be honest, I have been in trouble before. I bought a low-calorie salad from a certain Internet celebrity brand, which was said to have only 300 calories per serving. When I came back and calculated it myself, the sesame sauce alone had almost 200 calories. Later, when I asked people in the industry, I learned that many light food brands secretly add butter and white sugar to the salad dressing in order to make users willing to repurchase, but they are just not labeled. If you just want to lose three to five pounds, eat less takeout, and eat more vegetables with chopsticks, there is really no need to spend thousands on a customized diet plan. You can’t do it.

But if you encounter special circumstances, this kind of company can really save a lot of trouble. My uncle had a gastrectomy last year. He could only eat liquid food when he was discharged from the hospital. His family made him white porridge every day, and he lost almost 20 pounds after drinking it for half a month. Later, he found an enteral nutrition preparation prepared by a nutrition company that cooperated with the hospital. The proportion was based on his metabolism, and prebiotics and high-quality protein were also added. Within three months, he regained 90% of his pre-operative weight, which was nearly twice as fast as the patients in the same ward who cooked and recuperated at home.

Nowadays, the opinions on this industry on the Internet are too polarized. Either they boast that eating the meals they prepare can cure eczema and resist aging, or they can beat them to death and say they are all liars. The last time I went to Shanghai to participate in a nutrition industry exhibition, I met a veteran who had been in the industry for almost 20 years. He said that the essence of this industry is no different from running a restaurant. There are some who are private chefs using real ingredients, and there are also those who mix pre-made dishes with water to fool people. If you really need it, go for someone who has the guts to clearly display their registered dietitian qualifications and the nutritional content of each meal. Don't believe those nonsense about "losing 10 pounds in 7 days" and "taking medicine without taking medicine"; if you can count calories, understand basic nutritional combinations, and pay attention to the balance of meat and vegetables when cooking, there is really no need to spend that wasted money.

After all, only your body knows whether what you put into your stomach is good or not.