Experts say the only good lifelong eating habits for over-or underweight to prevent the food triangle. What does your diet is balanced day after day? By ensuring that your body all the nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, …) in the right amounts it is a must for a moment to look at the food pyramid.
The food pyramid has long been the standard for a balanced and healthy diet. We start from the bottom to the top of our triangle.
Drink water
This is not only good for the metabolism, it also helps improve waste disposal. Natural mineral water is rich in calcium and low in sodium. Everyone has a day of minimum 2l water needed!
Carbohydrates, starch
Carbohydrates are mostly starchy. These foods are characterized by the presence of complex carbohydrates such as starch and glucose, direct source of energy.
What is it in?
Bread, rice, pasta, vegetables, potatoes, cereals incorporated into meal, in oatmeal and flour.
Don’t s
Set pastries and bread are not equal, because they contain more saturated fats and refined sugars.
Vegetables at least 2 pieces per day
Let yourself go! Especially vegetables are known to be poor but resource rich source of calories vitamienen, antioxidants, fiber, minerals.
What?
Since there are a lot of fruit, the choice difficult. Although it seems logical to look at the market to look for seasonal vegetables to choose. Prefer a mix of as many colored fruit and vegetables to ensure a good balance.
Don’t s
Confuse one portion steamed, boiled vegetables with no sauce and a gratin filled with cheese or vegetables on a pizza. Do not use so-called “fruit from the bottle” never cook vegetables too long.
Fry 2 to 3 pieces per day
Does your body and mind fitness and good anti-aging remedy. Packed with minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and fiber water. The difference is that these vegetables contain fructose (naturally occurring glucose, fructose and sucrose).
What?
Prefer seasonal fruits and try to peel to eat crops (except bananas of course). Fruit juice is an alternative if it is freshly squeezed.
Don’t s
Replace bottled fruit offers no alternative! Fruits that are processed into sauce, canned fruits, jams and preserves provide variety, but often contains more calories and much less vitamin.
Dairy
Dairy products contain calcium and protein of good origin. Calcium is actually need for our bones (bones and teeth) to insure.
What?
Natural yogurt, fresh cheese and soft and hard cheeses with milk, spreadable cheeses. Milk, buttermilk, butter …
Don’t s
Exaggeration: cheese, butter or plain yogurt can be very fat, so read the packaging: fat / dry matter. The more water the product, the lower the calorie content even with the same% fat.