5 principles of healthy lifestyles that are hopelessly outdated
'26.02.2018'
Source: Home
Do you still believe that eating oatmeal for breakfast and drinking 2 liters of water per day is a must for everyone? Forget it!
Anna Ivashkevich, nutritionist, clinical dietitian told Home HearthWhat principles of healthy lifestyles are irrelevant.
1. The main meal is breakfast, preferably oatmeal
Actually: the need for a hearty hot breakfast is associated with individual human biorhythms. Someone feels hungry in the morning and needs a substantial breakfast, and someone wakes up completely only a few hours after the actual awakening - in this case it is logical to eat something light for breakfast, and to provide a more nutritious menu for lunch and dinner.
2. Proper nutrition eliminates sweet
Actually: sweet is not the evil of mankind, evil is the uncontrolled consumption of sugar. Glucose is needed in the brain for normal functioning, but it can be obtained by various methods: you can eat sugar, fruit, cereals, carbonated drinks — glucose is everywhere.
The only question is: are you ready to stop at a pair of chocolate slices, and not the whole bar?
If you eat a lot of sweets and your blood glucose levels are consistently high, this can lead to diabetes over time. And for those who initially have a violation in the sugar metabolism, it is worthwhile to limit yourself.
3. Frozen fruits and vegetables are useless.
Actually: Now vegetables that have been processed by shock freezing, as manufacturers say, keep 70% of vitamins and minerals from the original. The World Health Organization equates a portion of frozen vegetables to fresh.
This results from the fact that vegetables and fruit freeze within several days from collecting. They undergo a series of studies that ensure their safety. It turns out that eating frozen fruits and vegetables in winter and spring is even healthier than fresh ones, in which, after long storage, very few nutrients remain.
4. Need to drink more 2 liters of water per day.
Actually: The need for fluid is calculated for each person individually: 30 ml of fluid for each kilogram of weight. Water needs more (40 ml per kg), if you are a lot in the sun, in an air-conditioned room or in active sports. This myth is also partly true, since the total amount of water is individual for each: on average, 2 liters of water are taken per 66 kg of weight and, of course, depends on humidity.
The water balance of the body can be maintained as clean water, tea and coffee. But it is worth to drink at least 3 a glass of pure water per day to the total amount of the amount of liquid you need. And remember that it is not worth pouring water into yourself.
5. Do not drink water while eating
Actually: it is possible to drink water while eating, sometimes it is even necessary, especially if the food is dry.
