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Create The Habit of Choosing What We Eat Well
The vast range of different types of food we have in the advanced societies can be both a threat to our health (we offer tasty but unhealthy foods) as an opportunity, if we know and want to choose well. And if they also become habit is good choice, we’ll be won.
There are a number of small decisions made every day in the field of food that make this food is healthy or not. And we mean not only a qualitative level, but also the quantities. The result may, if these decisions are inappropriate, overweight or obese, while heavily involved in genetic predisposition.
On the contrary, if we take right decisions and get make it a habit, we can greatly improve our health and keep off the problem of overweight, if we are likely to suffer, or at least help us get there. Let us examine some of the most important decisions in food.
First, we must be aware of foods that are more damaging and flee from them, that we find very appealing: sugary, high fat, calorie … in fact, know very well. However, special emphasis needs to be done to reject the foods prepared with vegetable fats when there is no mention of their origin and/or partially hydrogenated, as they are rich in trans fats, very few health damaging, regardless of the calories contain.
A very healthy habit is to read the labels of products before you buy. In addition to what has already been indicated in the previous paragraph, we note that they are always preferable to refined grain products, as they provide more fiber, vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Furthermore, it is best to choose products “light”, but after making sure that they pose a considerable reduction in the normal calories. Under the new rules, that reduction must be at least 30%, which is not always the case.
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