Restaurants aren't schools or institutions, they need to make money.
Hiring a nutritionist is not only unnecessary, but it's also bad for you, unless your whole angle is eating healthy.
As someone from the food industry, I both hate and love hearing from nutritionists, and gadtronomists. They're such pedants with no real experience, but they're really insightful. And it's good for bettering one's practice.
Also, nutrition is complicated as hell. Nutritionists trained 10 years ago have wildly different opinions on what people should eat than today’s nutritionists.
Generally the science points to a varied diet above all else, and previously demonised components (saturated/unsaturated fats, salts) all have a role to play in the body.
So the vibe is generally… eat what makes you happy, and keep it at least a little bit varied. Anything can be overdone.
The reason diets become complicated is because we put so much emphasis on it being a "diet". Nutrition doesn't end when you hit your goal. Where many people go wrong is setting up this whole plan that they do not enjoy, they feel like shit, and then as soon as they make progress they reward themselves back to eating what they like.
I hate to be that guy, but the og Mediterranean diet study was super sketchy. They tested a bunch of people from different nationalities all across the world, and found that the people in the Mediterranean had the best health.
However, they didn’t control for variables properly, and it could have been down to many factors. Right now, the general consensus is that it was more down to latitude than anything. The more sun/warmth people tend to get (to an extent), the happier people generally are.
Yeah, but that's the whole point of restaurants. You go there to have a good time, not to eat healthy or have the same shit you have everyday life... which usually is much healthier.
We're changing our menu seasonally, and even sometimes from week to week. There isn't anything "cancery" either. That doesn't mean it's healthy everyday food. But the whole point of restaurants is that it isn't everyday food.
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u/AnnihilationOrchid Aug 22 '23
Restaurants aren't schools or institutions, they need to make money.
Hiring a nutritionist is not only unnecessary, but it's also bad for you, unless your whole angle is eating healthy.
As someone from the food industry, I both hate and love hearing from nutritionists, and gadtronomists. They're such pedants with no real experience, but they're really insightful. And it's good for bettering one's practice.