On March 31, Health and Nutrition Day is celebrated, so debates about healthy eating habits gain even more strength. Maintaining a healthy diet is a challenge for many Brazilians, who still find themselves in a poor diet routine that directly impacts their health.
Inappropriate habits can cause immediate symptoms or long-term impacts on the body of each individual, ranging from simple discomfort or intolerance to more serious problems such as the onset of chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, degenerative disorders, among others.
It is known that obesity is inherently related to all these problems, potentially increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality. As a warning, the Ministry of Health points out in an unprecedented survey that 6.7 million people have this condition in Brazil.
Part of these risks result from the recurrent intake of meals rich in ultra-processed foods (ice cream, candies and sweets, cakes and cake mixes, soups, pasta and instant seasonings), soft drinks, red and industrialized meat, fast food, which are related to diseases such as cancer and intestinal inflammation, stomach problems, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. This happens due to the large amount of additives, sugar, sodium, trans fat, additives (preservatives and dyes) added to these products.
The lack of mood, deregulated sleep and low immunity can be warning signs for more serious clinical conditions that may be related to the contemporary diet. “Diseases do not appear overnight. If the person spends years consuming excessive amounts of products with a high concentration of sugar, sodium, among other formulations, you will very possibly see negative results in your body in the following years”, highlights Raquel Teixeira Terceira Paim, professor of the Nutrition course at Unifametro .
”Knowing how to balance your diet is very important. If you can’t remove food from your menu, avoid eating frequently which will hurt you. Making smart meal swaps is a great start. Swap snacks based on ultra-processed meats (sausages, sausages, ham) for sauces and creams based on chicken, tuna”, explains Raquel.
Therefore, the ideal is to opt more often in your routine for natural ingredients such as fruits, preferably regional, in natura form, in simple preparations, vegetables, rice, beans, tubers (sweet potatoes, cassava, yams) eggs, milk and its natural and fermented derivatives, white meat, natural seasonings such as garlic, onion, black pepper, fresh or dried herbs, and when possible, all of this from organic cultivation.
In this way, a well-guided diet by a trained professional can make a big difference in various organic and nutritional aspects of the individual, contributing to improved health, minimizing the risk of diseases, in addition to promoting overall quality of life. A healthy life is what we all seek and good nutrition is part of that path.
On March 31, Health and Nutrition Day is celebrated, so debates about healthy eating habits gain even more strength. Maintaining a healthy diet is a challenge for many Brazilians, who still find themselves in a poor diet routine that directly impacts their health.
Inappropriate habits can cause immediate symptoms or long-term impacts on the body of each individual, ranging from simple discomfort or intolerance to more serious problems such as the onset of chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, degenerative disorders, among others.
It is known that obesity is inherently related to all these problems, potentially increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality. As a warning, the Ministry of Health points out in an unprecedented survey that 6.7 million people have this condition in Brazil.
Part of these risks result from the recurrent intake of meals rich in ultra-processed foods (ice cream, candies and sweets, cakes and cake mixes, soups, pasta and instant seasonings), soft drinks, red and industrialized meat, fast food, which are related to diseases such as cancer and intestinal inflammation, stomach problems, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. This happens due to the large amount of additives, sugar, sodium, trans fat, additives (preservatives and dyes) added to these products.
The lack of mood, deregulated sleep and low immunity can be warning signs for more serious clinical conditions that may be related to the contemporary diet. “Diseases do not appear overnight. If the person spends years consuming excessive amounts of products with a high concentration of sugar, sodium, among other formulations, you will very possibly see negative results in your body in the following years”, highlights Raquel Teixeira Terceira Paim, professor of the Nutrition course at Unifametro .
”Knowing how to balance your diet is very important. If you can’t remove food from your menu, avoid eating frequently which will hurt you. Making smart meal swaps is a great start. Swap snacks based on ultra-processed meats (sausages, sausages, ham) for sauces and creams based on chicken, tuna”, explains Raquel.
Therefore, the ideal is to opt more often in your routine for natural ingredients such as fruits, preferably regional, in natura form, in simple preparations, vegetables, rice, beans, tubers (sweet potatoes, cassava, yams) eggs, milk and its natural and fermented derivatives, white meat, natural seasonings such as garlic, onion, black pepper, fresh or dried herbs, and when possible, all of this from organic cultivation.
In this way, a well-guided diet by a trained professional can make a big difference in various organic and nutritional aspects of the individual, contributing to improved health, minimizing the risk of diseases, in addition to promoting overall quality of life. A healthy life is what we all seek and good nutrition is part of that path.
