Hi Vera,
We heard great things about you and the diet plans you prepare
-Can you tell our readers a bit more about you and your clinic?
I am Dr Vera Matta, clinical dietitian- I have 2 PHD: in nutritional psychotherapy and the other in clinical nutrition.
I have been working in my clinic for more than 9 years, counseling all kind of cases ranging from simple weight loss to all cardio, renal, diabetic cases.
I have been the chair of many worldwide conferences and congresses.
I have 3 clinics in Lebanon and I go Online for all worldwide consultation.
-What about the super boxes that you prepare?
The super boxes are a new idea to lose weight fast and safe.
It is a box containing meal replacements to ensure adequate nutrition, coffee and tea. Each person has his own box according to his medical status, age, weight and health history. In addition to this each one will have a personalized diet along with the box so we can guarantee a loss of 5 to 7 kgs of pure fat.
-How long lasts, on average, the diet program at your clinic ?
There is no rules, it depends on how much we have to loose and how compliant the patient is. We can lose easily very fast since my strategy in diet is to boost your metabolism and never go on low calorie diet. My main concern with all my patients is to reach the maintenance phase so they can learn how healthy and fit for lifetime.
-do you have a non-diet but healthy food program?
I, surely, have a non-diet healthy program since my major goal is to teach people and to raise awareness, how to cook healthy, how to shop good food, how to combine nutritious food and how to plan daily meals.
-We live in stressful times, and we already heard about “Emotional eating “ during stress. How should we handle this?
5-Through this tough situation, people tend to eat more in order to feel better or to relieve stress, especially women. I will be giving you some tips that could help in this:
• Keep a food diary, when you count what you are eating, you start eating less.
• Tame your stress
• Fight boredom by doing some pleasant activities
• Don’t deprive yourself
• Self-talk especially while craving
-Is there any special Food categories and eating techniques to heal faster after the tragedy of August 4th?
Here are a list of some food for wounds healings in general, high protein food helps the body to heal faster and renew its cells; here are some ideas:
• Keep healthy snacks around you like vegetables, yogurt 0 percent fat, homemade sorbet…..
-Is there any special Food categories and eating techniques to heal faster after the tragedy of August 4th?
Here are a list of some food for wounds healings in general, high protein food helps the body to heal faster and renew its cells; here are some ideas:
beans, eggs, milk, nuts or seeds, meat, chicken and fish or salmon.
Fruits and vegetables have been shown to reduce inflammation, improve immunity so it promotes healing, especially the green leafy vegetables (high in vitamin C, folate and magnesium), berries (high in anthocyanin and vitamin C) sweet potatoes (high in carotenoids, vitamin C and magnesium)
Good nutrition is essential for optimal wound healing, your diet can affect how fast your body heals and how strong your tissue becomes. So, make sure to have adequate vitamins, minerals nutrients and never forget to stay well hydrated.
-Lebanon is going through a tough period, and healthy food is usually expensive. Can you give us a list of cheap alternative healthy food during the economical crisis?
• Grains, especially when combined like Makhlouta (full of proteins, zinc and iron) instead of meat.
• Vegetables and fruits
• Eggs (full of calcium, protein and folic acid) instead of dairy products.
• Popcorn instead of crackers and chips
• Homemade lemonade instead of juices of fruit cocktails
• Corn on the cob instead of nuts
• Sunflower seeds instead of raw nuts
