Put an end to obesity myths and prejudices from speakers generated by social networks. Marián García, better known by the pseudonym Boticaria García, published: Your brain is hungryAn informative book that draws on cutting-edge international scholarship to create a text suitable for all types of audiences. The way the topics are covered makes it easy for anyone to understand how to change their lifestyle habits.
He is a Doctor of Pharmacy and graduated from the departments of Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Optics and Optometry, He went from wearing his bathrobe to spreading the news in the media and on social networks. Despite his extensive knowledge on the subject, he explains the most difficult and complex topics “with simple examples that we can all understand and that can even be helpful in an instructive way in the consultations of healthcare professionals.” We talked to him before The launch of the book will be held on Wednesday, January 31st at 18.30 at Pynchon & Co bookstore.
How does a doctor in pharmacy transition from working in a rural pharmacy to spreading on social networks?
Almost for a social need. When I worked in a pharmacy in a town of 500 people in 2013, people were already looking for Dr. They were coming with the diagnosis made by Google. The internet and social networks were growing at a dizzying pace, and I found myself facing fierce competition. What I say may be questioned by Google. That’s when I decided to start a blog. Visitors to that blog started coming, from there they offered me the option of writing a book, and this brought us to today.
Has this success changed your professional career much?
He made me change my robe for the TVs. My career has changed greatly, but I must say that I always wanted to devote myself to communication. I come from a family of pharmacists and decided to follow tradition, but in the end the goat took over the mountain.
Don’t you miss him?
Not because I interact with people on Instagram a lot on a daily basis. The best part of the pharmacy counter is dealing with the public, but when I woke up this morning I received a ton of messages from people asking me thousands of things. The same advice they once asked me on one side of the counter, they now ask me on the other side of the screen.
In this way Dr. It manages to challenge Google directly.
Completely. The advantage of social networks, unlike the traditional media I work with, is that they create a lot of impact. This allows you to form a special bond with people, and they begin to trust your judgment because they see that your health advice is beneficial to their own lives.
But it doesn’t end there, because writing such a book your mind is hungry gives you the opportunity to expand on that content.
That’s the idea. I think this is necessary in a world rewarded by algorithms. reels There is still interest in popular 9-second books, so people put in the hours, highlight the topic, and have bibliographic resources from which they can continue to delve deeper.
And he writes it in a very nice and easy to read way.
The book is designed for all readers. Even someone who doesn’t know what adipocytes, cortisol or neurotransmitters are can read it. I write with simple examples such as the adipocyte being a sad cell because we do not show compassion to it, and the myocyte being a cell that we do not show compassion to. ghosting. Or this inflammation is what happens at a concert where capacity is exceeded and people start to feel dizzy because there is not enough oxygen. These are simple examples that we can all understand and can even help healthcare professionals in their consultations in an educational way.
In the book he talks about certain things like the advantages and disadvantages of intermittent fasting.
Yes, I’m trying to create a traffic light diet classification. And the traffic light for intermittent fasting is yellow. Because? Because you can pass, but be careful. You can do intermittent fasting, but with certain precautions, because it is not suitable for everyone. You need to have some guides to know how to do it, you need to have a professional to help you. But of course, just as it has benefits, the discomforts it causes when not done properly have also been revealed. For example, it is not suitable for people with eating disorders.
Do people with eating disorders need to be careful about nutrition?
Certainly. It is an important problem that social networks highlight because they help amplify some inappropriate trends and make them viral. That is why it is very important to carry out nutritional recommendations and even a comprehensive approach when we talk about diets that change the usual levels. Not only nutritional, but also psychological. With this book, I aim to give strategies in general and to scratch that itch in those who want to deepen or change their habits.
Another myth he busts is the importance of exercise alone.
Exercise must be done together with diet. You cannot lose weight just by exercising, you need to exercise two to three hours a day. When it comes to burning fat, many people think they can lose weight just by exercising and eating whatever they want. And it’s really complicated.
Can an obese patient be healthy?
This is a very controversial issue. There are people who are obese but have excellent blood tests. They have no sugar, no sugar, no cholesterol… They do not give any warning signs in the measured parameters. However, when studies are done in the future, they see that they become more prone to cardiovascular disease, stroke or heart attack within 4-5 years. So can you have metabolically healthy obesity? Yes, but only for a short time. It’s like a rubber band on a bikini, the first year is perfect but after 3-4 years the elastics stop working. As people get older, their bodies cannot withstand this inflammation and problems begin to arise.
What were the main challenges you encountered while writing this book?
The biggest challenge of science is always research. The aim has been to find scientific rigor and the most up-to-date evidence, analyze the latest studies, and have a dissemination study that is as up-to-date as possible by the date of publication. Therefore, it is equally challenging to write a book that requires such sensitivity and sensitivity to talk about issues such as overweight and obesity. These are issues that need to be addressed from science and that physiology should not be confused with aesthetics. It is made so that everyone can feel that they identify with it. So they don’t feel attacked and think it’s just another tool to help them. Because there is fat phobia and there are a lot of people suffering from it.