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In social networks he became famous as Liver Kingthe “King of the Liver”, but his real name is Brian Johnson. The last months have been hard for this influencer American known for promoting an extreme diet in which, as it is to be assumed, the liver has an important role.
Crude, yes.
Boom and fall. This week Brian Johnson It was arrested For “terrorist threats” against another Internet star, Podcast announcer Joe Rogan. The arrest marks the lowest point in the boom and fall cycle of this popular and controversial Internet figure, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who According to the local presshas already been released on bail.
Johnson reached his dimension of fame for promoting a radical diet in which the key piece is in casque and other unconventional meats (testicles, brain, penises, bone marrow and, of course, liver), usually in raw. This diet was one of the pillars of a “ancestral” way of life that also included other aspects such as physical training or hunting. Before reaching fame as Liver KingJohnson launched his own business dedicated to dietary supplements.
This peculiar way of life won millions of followers: today, Liver King It has about 6.1 million followers in Tiktokabout 3 million in Instagramand more than 1.2 million in YouTube. Just a few months ago it was released in Netflix a Documentary about your figure.
Raw liver and muscles. Johnson’s career has been dotted with controversies. One of them when in 2022 had to apologize Upon revealing that part of the physicist who presumes is due to steroid consumption. But among all the controversies that this influencer And entrepreneur, his dietary recommendations are the great constant.
Johnson’s advice (and those of many others Influencers dedicated to this business) They have been criticized from various sectors including, of course Nutrition and health experts.
According to Jonathan Jarry explains In the McGill University blog, the idea behind the unique diet promulgated by Johnson is the pseudoscientist concept that consuming something will grant us an advantage developing that something: eating liver will improve the health of our liver, eating brain will make us smarter, etc. We can imagine what for this rule of three should be consumed to improve virility. “What is eaten is raised,” said through the popular proverb.
Not so healthy. Not only is it not true that raw meat will not give us any advantage at the nutritional level, it also puts us at risk. Different studies have indicated that There are risks derived from this type of consumption.
For example A study Posted in 2008 in the magazine of The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical MedicineIt observed an increase in the risk of developing toxocariasis. This consumption It has been linked even at the risk of contracting the so-called crime-gauged fever.
The hidden truth. As usual, among the tips of doubtful utility of Gurus as Liver King There may be a really redoubt. Exercise regularly or avoid excessive use of digital devices can be perfectly valid advice. Throughout his career, the influencerHe has “moderating” his diet and it is usual to see him consume more “conventional” meats also cooked and even products of the garden.
“There is a real apex in Liver King’s way of life (exercising is good, very refined foods are less good, and fresh air is beneficial) but that grain is lost in its huge bowl of casque, bone marrow and talled, which encourages its followers to consume daily to achieve strength and happiness,” explained in his article Jarry.
The problem arises when these truths serve to give credibility to pseudoscientific beliefs that can put our health at risk or when these certainties are used to sell products that have little to do with them.
Image | YouTube, Theliverking / Federico Arnaboldi
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