We Are The Miosotis Healthy Life Programme
We provide a healthier way to:
- Transform nutrition into a science of healthy longevity
- Promote a longer, healthier life through the power of food
- Promote weight loss, healthy living and support for managing chronic diseases
O Programa Miosotis Healthy Life
- Evidência científica;
- Diretrizes médicas internacionais;
- Each subscriber’s dietary preferences and limitations.
- The programme combines a healthy and personalised diet with structured physical activity and motivational support.
- Assessment of cardiovascular risk (risk of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis and death from cardiac causes);
- Susceptibility to major chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and sleep apnoea.
Apoio e educação contínuos:
Subscribers have access to a food literacy programme, standard and personalised weekly menus, and remote consultations for ongoing support.
Acesso flexível:
- The programme is available online for convenience andin a high-quality printed edition.
A healthy diet is particularly important for people who are overweight or obese and are being treated with GLP-1 analogues, because lies in the fact that this treatment is associated with muscle fatigue, related to loss of muscle mass (which may represent up to 40% of the weight lost).
Serviços prestados por Miosotis Healthy Life
- Available for 18 weeks in three different plans
- The plans are Base, Standard and Premium, with the Base plan being the least personalised and the Premium plan the most personalised, selected according to each subscriber’s preferences.
- Designed toidentify cardiovascular risk factors and calculate the risk of an individual suffering a heart attack or dying within the next 10 years.
- Também será calculado o risco de desenvolver até 18 outras doenças crónicas.
- Concebido para identificar erros alimentares em comunidades específicas ou em cidadãos individuais e fornecer orientação para a sua correção.
- Healthy eating guidelines will be provided, including personalised meal plans.
- A certification programme that promotes healthy eating habits.
- It awards the Miosotis Healthy Food seal to selected menus and restaurants.
Programa Miosotis Healthy Life
The Miosotis Healthy Life Programme includes:
- A healthy eating Programme;
- An optimised and personalised weekly menu;
- A physical activity Programme;
- A psychological and motivational support programme;
- A personalised teleconsultation programme;
- Cardiovascular risk assessment (risk of diabetes, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis, death from cardiac causes, etc.);
- Advice on superfoods, functional foods and foods that activate sirtuins (sirtfoods), as well as dietary supplements;
- Teleconsultation support;
- Available in print and online versions;
The Miosotis Healthy Life Programme offers:
- A complete programme for healthy eating and lifestyle, available in print and online versions.
- Standard menu for each phase and week.
- personalised menu for each phase, week, and day, based on scientific evidence and individual profile (food preferences and incompatibilities).
- Weekly recommendations on superfoods, functional foods, and foods that activate sirtuins (sirtfoods).
- Motivational counselling and a complete weekly motivational programme .
- Recommendations on physical activity and a complete weekly physical activity programme .
- Weekly healthy eating literacy programme .
- Recommendations on dietary supplements.
- Weekly healthy eating practice programme .
- Teleconsultation support.
- Monitoring of weight and abdominal circumference at each stage and week.
- personalised cardiovascular risk assessment.
- personalised weekly report.
Alimentação saudável
- Uma alimentação saudável ajuda a proteger contra a malnutrição, bem como contra as doenças não transmissíveis (diabetes, doenças cardíacas, AVC e cancro
- Unhealthy eating and lack of physical activity are causing global health risks.
- As práticas de alimentação saudável devem começar com o aleitamento materno, que promove um crescimento saudável e reduz o risco de excesso de peso ou obesidade.
- O aporte energético (calorias) deve estar em equilíbrio com o gasto energético.
- A ingestão total de gordura não deve exceder 30% do aporte energético total.
- A ingestão de gordura saturada deve ser inferior a 10% do aporte energético total e a ingestão de gordura trans deve ser inferior a 1% do aporte energético total.
- Limitar a ingestão de açúcar a menos de 10% do aporte energético total. Sugere-se uma redução adicional para menos de 5% do aporte energético total, para benefícios adicionais de saúde.
- Manter a ingestão de sal abaixo de 5 g por dia ajuda a prevenir a hipertensão e reduz o risco de doença cardíaca e de AVC na população adulta.
Obesidade e excesso de peso
- A obesidade quase triplicou em todo o mundo desde 1975. Em 2016, mais de 1,9 mil milhões de adultos, com 18 ou mais anos, tinham excesso de peso. Destes, mais de 650 milhões eram obesos.
- Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kill more people than underweight. 39 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2020.
- Em 2016, mais de 340 milhões de crianças e adolescentes entre os 5 e os 19 anos tinham excesso de peso ou obesidade.
- A obesidade é evitável.
Weight reduction: >12% in 24 weeks
- Are you looking for a results-oriented weight loss and healthy eating programme?
- Procura perder peso e comer de forma saudável?
- Nós compreendemos os seus receios e desafios.
- That is why we are here to provide you with the best result-oriented weight loss and healthy eating programme.
- A sua satisfação é a nossa maior prioridade.
Comer bem é escolher viver mais e melhor
Seja ativo. Não se limite a sonhar
Acorde e mude a sua vida
Nunca é tarde para começar
O Programa Miosotis Healthy Life
é a solução certa para si
It’s a programme designed to treat obesity and overweight, to promote healthy eating and to evaluate the cardiovascular risk of subscribers.
The Miosotis Healthy Life Programme is:
- A complete 24-week programme
- Starts with a low-carb diet
- Baseado na Dieta Mediterrânica
- Rico em fibra e pobre em açúcares
- Rico em hidratos de carbono saudáveis e pobre em hidratos de carbono prejudiciais para a saúde
- Rico em gordura vegetal e pobre em gordura saturada
- Rico em proteína vegetal
Porquê um programa de perda de peso?
Porque a obesidade e o excesso de peso são as principais doenças do século XXI.
Porquê um programa de alimentação saudável?
Because it is one of the most affordable and effective ways to address obesity and excess weight.
Why a genetic analysis
Because it's the most effective way to promote a more customised and healthy diet.
Why a personalised weekly menu?
Porque é a forma mais eficaz de aderir a um regime de alimentação saudável.
Porquê um programa de apoio psicológico?
Porque é muito importante para ajudar a controlar os hábitos de alimentação compulsiva, associados à obesidade.
Porquê um programa de avaliação do risco cardiovascular?
Porque o risco de enfarte e de AVC está associado à obesidade e ao excesso de peso.
Porquê suplementos alimentares?
Porque, por vezes, são necessários para reforçar a alimentação saudável.
Why a physical activity programme?
Porque está associado à redução de peso e a um estilo de vida mais saudável.
Porquê um programa de teleconsulta?
Porque é muito importante no apoio a quem quer comer de forma saudável.
Porquê a Dieta Mediterrânica?
Porque é regime alimentar mais saudável que se conhece.
Why printed and online versions?
Porque a versão impressa facilita o cumprimento do plano de alimentação saudável e a versão online facilita a consulta a partir de qualquer lugar.
Destinatários do Programa Miosotis Healthy Life:
The Miosotis Healthy Life Programme is intended for everyone, particularly:
People who are obese or overweight.
People with diabetes or a family history of diabetes.
People with hypertension, whether or not they are taking medication.
People with high cholesterol.
People who have suffered a heart attack (myocardial infarction) or stroke (cerebral thrombosis).
People whose family members have suffered a heart attack.
Fumadoras ou que convivam com fumadores.
Subscribers interested in:
Treating obesity or reducing weight.
Eating a healthy diet to improve control of a chronic disease (diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary or cerebrovascular disease, etc.) or to reduce the risk of it occurring.
Our Team Of Directors
We are a team of health professionals passionate about wellness and nutrition. Our experts create personalised plans to support healthy and lasting results. Together, we’re here to help you live better, feel better and stay balanced.
Carlos Baeta
Clinical director
Nabor Canilhas
Psychologist, Director of Psychological Support
Nelson
Physiologist, Director of Physical Activity Support
About Our Clinical Director:
– Doctor, graduated from NOVA Medical School. Specialist in Internal Medicine, consultant and senior graduate hospital assistant.
– Member of the Portuguese Medical Association– 24577 and of the IMC (Irish Medical Council) – 415934 (Specialist registration).
– 43 years of experience in clinical practice: 34 at ULSNA (Northeast Alentejo Local Health Unit), as a Specialist and Consultant in Internal Medicine; 4 as Consultant at AMAU – OLOL (Acute Medical Assessment Unit – Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ireland).
– He also has specific training in cardiovascular risk, obesity and nutrition (Postgraduate Degree in Mediterranean Diet – University of Barcelona; Postgraduate Degree in Clinical Nutrition – University of Navarra) and is a member of the Editorial Board of the scientific publication CPQ Nutrition.
– He has held several management positions, including: member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa; President of the Student Association of that Faculty; Director of the Internal Medicine Department; President of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; Coordinator of the Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiology and Arterial Hypertension units.
– He is the author and co-author of several studies related to the organisation and functioning of health units and knowledge representation, controlled natural language and biomedical ontologies.
– He has participated, as a researcher and co-investigator, in several national and international multicentre scientific trials and was the national coordinator of two of them.
– He has presented more than 300 scientific papers, many of them at national and international meetings, and he has organised more than 100 scientific events. He was the President of the 19th Portuguese Congress on Atherosclerosis.
– He is the author and co-author of 26 scientific articles published in several national and international specialist journals.