Influencer and nutritionist Madalin Giorgetta is making waves in the wellness world by shedding light on common diet and fitness misconceptions. Known for her evidence-based approach, Giorgetta uses her platform to educate her followers on how to achieve sustainable health rather than chasing superficial goals. Recently, she posted an empowering message on Instagram, emphasizing the importance of understanding the complexities behind weight loss and discouraging the harmful cycle of "eat less, move more." With her background in nutrition and commitment to promoting healthy habits, Giorgetta advocates for a balanced approach, encouraging her audience to focus on long-term well-being over quick fixes. Her motto is clear: knowledge is power, and compassion towards oneself is key to achieving real results.
1. She Sets the Record Straight About Misinformation
Sporting black workout shorts with a grey sweater around her waist and a pale blue tank top, Giorgetta stood on a mountain top with beautiful snowcapped mountains in the background, clearing up “misinformation.” She wrote, “Misinformation is spun by the diet industry. The diet industry has still not provided an answer to sustainable weight loss, instead blaming the consumer. The reality is that the key to sustainable weight loss is complex and interrelated, impacted by a myriad of factors from as broad as maternal health to hormones. This information is not a “group of excuses” but instead factors that influence fat loss, whether you choose to believe it or not. You do not exist separately from your environment.” She added, “Knowledge is power. Knowing this information doesn’t mean you have to “give up”. It means you’re aware of reality. You can use this information to better understand why fat loss may be difficult for you instead of choosing self flagellation - encouraging compassion and kindness to yourself isn’t a bad thing 💘”
2. Doesn’t Believe in “Constantly Stopping and Starting Diets”
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According to her Instagram bio, Giorgetta is a BSc Nutritionist. She uses her health background to help inform others and her latest post sheds light on her stance on eating fewer calories for weight loss. “I’ve always had a bugbear with the “Calories In Calories Out” concept of fat loss - those of you that have been around since 2019 know my previous arguments with “fat loss experts” surrounding this issue. Since then, the research has caught up to what I suspected… we are not machines and food is not merely a number. Many researchers and endocrinologists have contributed the switch to recommending food for health, with a focus on healthy behaviours and diet quality above calorie intake. But mostly, I dislike that calorie deficits are geared towards making people thinner at all costs. The outcome should be health. If fat loss is a result of that, then okay. But being smaller will always be the desired outcome of calorie deficits, even at the expense of health. But being smaller does not = health.” She added, “A strict and prolonged deficit or constantly stopping and starting diets, wreaks havoc on metabolic health, reduces resting metabolic rate, encourages nutrient deficiencies, damages hormonal regulation, increases cortisol levels, increases risk of insulin resistance, makes us more hungry and more likely to binge and store fat in the long term.”
3. She Doesn’t Get “Fixated” on Wellness Trends
In a recent Instagram post, Giorgetta gives her thoughts on the GI diet, which focuses on how fast or slow carbs can increase blood sugar. She wrote, “In general, measuring blood glucose in the absence of diabetes or blood sugar abnormalities is not helpful and puts people at risk of obsession and disordered eating. Learning about low GI foods can be helpful to you for the reasons provided but remember to see the forest through the trees - don’t get too fixated on it. When we focus too much on numbers and rules we disconnect from our bodies natural intuition.”
4. Doesn’t Believe in “Chasing Body Perfection”
Giorgetta often reflects on things she’s learned from her health and fitness background and shares them with followers. “The girls with the perfect bodies that you envy have the biggest insecurities,” she wrote. “Being in an industry where you compare yourself to other women with 24 inch waists and 40 inch glutes means you are never good enough. It leads to hyperfixation on your body which morphs into chronic obsession. Other life priorities become skewed and morphed when your mind is chasing bodily perfection.”
5. Doesn’t Believe in Eat Less and Move More Advice
Giorgetta isn’t afraid to disagree with others if she thinks their information is inaccurate or unhelpful. One trend she’s outspoken about is eating less and moving more. “Can we stop with the generic “eat less, move more” advice? And stop pretending that it’s actually helpful? The science literally proves that calorie restriction rarely results in long term weight loss maintenance. Why? The Energy Balance Model theorises that maintenance is difficult to occur due to the food environment, availability and marketing of a wide variety of inexpensive, convenient, energy-dense, ultraprocessed foods that are high in portion size, fat, and sugar, and low in protein and fiber. “It does not say, “it’s because people are lazy and don’t try hard enough”. The EBM recognises that our environment dictates our biology.” In her lengthy post, Giorgetta explained, “The EBM stipulates the brain as the primary organ responsible for body weight regulation operating mainly below our conscious awareness via complex endocrine, metabolic, and nervous system signals to control food intake in response to the body’s dynamic energy needs as well as environmental influences. Science recognises the damage that we cause when we say weight loss is purely self control.”
