Why eat healthily
Junk food, fast food, fatty food... It takes several names and forms and never ceases to attract us with its salty food, its attractive packaging and also its sweet taste...
In the flow of information that circulates, it becomes difficult to dissociate the good from the bad, industrial products and homemade food.
Let's take a look at the choices available to us to determine if we really have a healthy diet without falling into orthorexia or obsession with healthy eating.
Determining your daily caloric intake for a healthy diet
It was not until the 19th century that we were able to quantify the energy of food. This advance in biological scientific research had a considerable impact on man and his relationship to nutrition.
I know what you're thinking... Knowing the value of lipids (9 kcal for 1 g), proteins and carbohydrates (4 kcal for 1 g) is like the purse... We don't understand much about it.
Whether you want to lose weight, gain weight, or simply eat well, it is necessary to know your daily caloric intake.
Calculate your basal metabolic rate
It is by calculating its basic metabolism, that we are led to discover the necessary energy that our body uses to carry out the tasks that are incumbent upon it to know among other things:
- To ensure the perfect functioning of our breathing.
- To make the heart beat and thus regulate the blood flow.
- Ensure the functioning of our digestive system.
Each of us is different in weight, size and body function, and the basic metabolism reminds us of this every day. For some women, for example, only 1,300 calories will keep all their organs functioning, while for some men it will be around 2,000 calories.
In terms of daily caloric expenditure, it all depends on the individual's extra activity. Nevertheless, it can be stated from the outset that with a basic activity such as working, doing a little sport and walking, the daily calorie expenditure will be in the order of 300 to 400 calories.
A stable weight is therefore obtained by adding the number of calories required for basic metabolism to the number of calories required for additional activity to obtain a daily calorie score.
Alarming signs of poor health
Closely related to health status, diet plays a major role in the functioning of the body, well-being and fatigue.
Certain symptoms and signals allow us to realize how healthy we are, thus preventing diseases such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, including :
• Excessive thirst.
• Increased appetite.
• Fatigue: especially for those who suffer from a lack of sleep or sleep that is not restorative.
• Blurred vision.
• Frequent Infections.
• Tingling in hands and feet.
• Sexual Dysfunction.
Trigger foods for prediabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure
While it is fairly conventional, it is still a good idea to remember that regular consumption of foods high in fat, salt and sugar are the fundamental elements of weight gain, poor circulation and poor nutrient intake.
Typically, we will find foods such as :
• Fried foods such as French fries, red meat or the famous "wings" during your soccer or Netflix parties.
• Sodas and juices such as Coca Cola and its derivatives of all colors, rich in sugars or aspartame.
• Sauces such as ketchup, mayonnaise and industrial vinaigrette.
• Cakes, pastries and other desserts made with a large amount of butter, honey or even oil.
• Foods without fiber, such as white flour products, rice grains for example.
These are responsible for heart disease, so it is necessary, even urgent, to reduce or forget about them in your diet to improve your health.
Make a check-up of your eating habits to keep the line?
A "second burger at 1 euro", a menu of "big fries, big coke" or a promotion "for one bought, the second at half price" and here we are again facing our shortcomings, to consume products low in vitamins, trace elements and fiber intake.
However, it is understandable that with the accelerating lifestyle, the competition in companies and the focus on productivity, we find it difficult to take care of our bodies, our food and the way we consume.
Also, depending on the context, we can be caught by the group effect and trying to avoid being the "ugly duckling" who eats organic, who pays attention or who "thinks he is a nutritionist", we take the easy way out.
Nevertheless, the trend is reversing and seeing the craze for healthy food, fresh and high-fiber products, many online tools have emerged to help us make the right choice.
Healthy food expert mobile applications
For years, consumer and health associations have wanted to be able to decrypt packaging labels, and now mobile applications have made it possible to do so in a multitude of ways.
A real support to fight against the shenanigans of the food industry, these mobile applications make it a point of honor to help the consumer in his shopping to enable him to improve his diet, or even to switch to a healthy diet.
By controlling what we eat, we can better manage our nutritional intake, our energy intake to preserve the flavor and virtues of each food.
These few examples of applications of nutrition should improve the quality of our plates and why not? Become a top chef!
