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Seafarers Are Risking Their Health With Prolonged Low Carbohydrate Diet
The starkest warning yet that following fad diets can cause more damage than good has been delivered by catering management and training provider MCTC as it sees an increase in popularity by seafarers of the keyogentic (keto) diet.
The keto diet, favoured and promoted by many celebrities, is a high-fat, high protein, low carbohydrate diet which forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. According to MCTC, seafarers following the keto diet can suffer nutrient deficiencies, an increase in heart disease and many other medical issues and this should be guarded against.
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MCTC Strengthens Its Position In European Market
International leading catering management and training provider, MCTC has underlined its commitment to the important Greek and northern European markets by strengthening its teams in those regions with the appointment of two new Business Development Directors.
Vasiliki Stamati (Vicky) will head up the business in the Greek market while Sven Schröder, based at MCTC Germany office in Hamburg, will spearhead operations across Germany, Benelux and the Scandinavian markets.
Sven brings over 20 years’ experience in shipping, towage and offshore energy. He said: “MCTC is playing an important role in helping to change the shipping industry’s mindset towards nutrition and healthy eating onboard ship. The company’s commitment to wanting to improve catering for the benefit of seafarers’ health inspired me. It made me want to join Christian Ioannou and his MCTC team because I am absolutely convinced there are a lot of shipping compan