A trend known as “Sinitoch” is receiving traction on platforms such as Ticketkok, Instagram, Redit and YouTube. This trend promotes excessive weight loss strategy, restrictive food habits and toxic discipline as the path of joy or thinness. Experts and survivors have warned that such materials are taking weak users under a dangerous spiral. Influencers such as live shms have been banned for sharing the advice to eat disorganized food from Tikok, yet the tendency persists, increasing the alarm about the impact on the young audience.
As Forbes, Dr. Asim cheema, an internal medical expert, alarm seems to see the “skintok” five serious medical concerns.
- Teaching followers who feel hungry, is an indication that your body is burning fat rather than a natural biological signal.
- Encourage the audience to see food as a fuel completely, to remove food enjoyment and social aspects
- Suggesting hazardous practices such as eating only once daily or at least on food (often just fruit)
- Excessive use of water, coffee, or other fluids
- Preparing these restrictive behaviors as well as wellness practices, rather they are often distorting eating patterns
Health expert Stephen Buchwald told Forbes One of the most dangerous aspects of “Sinitoch” is the illusion that it is a matter of purely willingness to achieve a certain body type. “This mentality dismisses the complex realities of genetics, mental health and socio -economic factors, promotes shame on support. It is a toxic story that is disturbed as empowerment,” they explain.
According to Maria Abihana, a nutritionist of the food label manufacturer, the crash diet is a popular go-to before summer, promising quick results for the season. “But research suggests that they often work against your body, trigger reactions that make weight loss, not easy,” she explains. “People blame the willpower when they cannot live with diet. The truth is that your body is designed to oppose rapid fat loss. Therefore, the key is working with your biology, not against it.”