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Herbalife appoints HK professor/nutrition expert to advisory board

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Founded in 1980, global nutrition company Herbalife with over 8,000 employees worldwide, has appointed Hong Kong Professor in Food & Nutritional Sciences Dr. Zhen-Yu Chen to the Herbalife Nutrition Advisory Board to ramp up the health and nutrition advocacy efforts of the company all across Asia Pacific.

Herbalife appoints HK professor/nutrition expert to advisory board
Dr. Zhen-Yu Chen

Dr. Chen is one of six nutritional and health professionals from Asia Pacific as part of the 26 members of NAB and is currently the Chair Professor of the Food and Nutritional Sciences Programme and Head of the Graduate Division of School of Life Sciences at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

 The renowned nutrition expert, who completed his PhD in food science and nutrition at the University of Massachusetts in USA, emphasizes the need for proper nutrient timing for athletes in the country especially for those competing internationally.

“You need to have a good breakfast, lunch and dinner. It should be evenly distributed. In the morning you need proteins for training to synthesize the muscle protein,” said Dr. Chen. “Basically, if you eat a balanced diet, you do not need to take supplements. You can get all the nutrients by consuming regular food. However in reality, many people do not have a balanced diet or nutrition. Therefore they may take supplements to compensate for the nutrients they do not get.”

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Chen also pointed out that some nutrients, like vitamin B12, can be tricky to come by for vegetarians since foods that are high in this vitamin can be found mostly in organ meats and eggs and the deficiency of B12 is extremely dangerous to health and can lead to dementia or death so he suggests the intake of supplements for compensation.

“When taking supplements, keep several things in mind. Remember that they are not the medicine. They cannot cure disease. They are just a part of our diet. Also, more is not better. Having more than what you need will not give additional benefits. A mega dose will not help you and will produce a side-effect.” he said. “Do not toxify yourself because you chose the wrong amount of supplement.” 

The Recommended Dietary Allowance known as the average daily level of intake sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of individuals and the Tolerable Upper Intake Level, which is the highest usual intake level of a nutrient that poses no risk of adverse effects, were also noted by Chen as important in nutrition.

“When you take supplements, if you know how to choose and you know how much you should consume, you should be fine. Read the labels, do a little bit of homework, know what is RDA and UL and then you can choose a supplement fit to your needs,” he said. 

Herbalife was founded by Mark Hughes and operates in 95 countries through a network of roughly 3.2 million independent distributors from 87,000 Herbalife Nutrition Clubs that sell a variety of nutritional products ranging from protein shakes and bars to vitamins and sports hydration products intended for weight management, sports nutrition and more.  

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