Nutrition, time to take care of your weight and health.
Did you know that consuming 100 extra calories daily can lead to a weight gain of 4 to 5 kilos per year? To avoid gaining weight without even noticing, nothing is better than following some healthy nutritional tips in your daily routine. With a few small changes and sacrifices, you can stay fit or lose those annoying extra kilos—without giving up the pleasure of eating.
Here are some tips
According to Pennsylvania State University, in the United States, eating a fruit before lunch or dinner is beneficial. Eating an apple 15 minutes before a meal can save you up to 187 calories a day. Also, if you love ice creams loaded with syrup, cookies, and toppings, it’s time to replace them with a small bowl of fruit salad and a spoonful of sugar-free light ice cream. You could reduce up to 240 calories.
The Saturday night pizza with high-calorie ingredients should also go. Replace them with healthier options such as spinach, arugula, or sun-dried tomatoes. This way, you eliminate 112 calories from your plate and provide your body with more fiber, which prolongs the feeling of fullness.
Smoothies: a tool to consider.
In general, when we think of smoothies, we usually imagine sweet milk-based drinks (yogurt, cream, ice cream), which are high in calories and not very healthy. But a smoothie simply means we've chosen to blend certain foods in a blender. Below, we explain the benefits of drinking these smoothies regularly:
– Easy to digest, especially helpful for people who eat too fast and don’t chew properly
– Help control weight and food cravings, as they are very filling.
– Prevent and improve constipation due to their fiber content.
– Act as beauty aids, thanks to their vitamin and mineral content.
– Help avoid skipping meals, as they can be carried and consumed when away from home.
– Lactose-free and some are also gluten-free.
– Suitable for the whole family.
– Ideal before physical or mental exertion.
– Easy to prepare and can be consumed year-round.
What should a healthy smoothie contain?
To satisfy hunger, avoid feeling hungry shortly after eating, and provide our body with the necessary nutrients, each meal should include the following types of foods:
– Vegetables: fresh and dried fruits, vegetables.
– Proteins, in this case plant-based: nuts, grains, avocado.
– Starches or cereals: cereal drinks, banana.
– Healthy fats: cold-pressed oils, nuts, avocado.
Therefore, each smoothie we prepare should contain, to some extent, ingredients from these categories, adapted to our profile, age, weight, daily routine, time of day, etc.
Some possible ingredients include:
– Fruits: apple, pear, strawberries, papaya, pineapple, banana, avocado, etc.
– Leafy greens: spinach, arugula, beet leaves, lamb's lettuce.
– Nuts: walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pine nuts.
– Dried fruits: prunes, raisins, dried apricots, dates.
– Cold-pressed vegetable oil: olive, almond, sesame, sunflower, flaxseed, wheat germ.
– Plant-based drink: (oat, rice, spelt, almond), natural fruit juice or water.
– Optional sweetener: honey, agave syrup, brown sugar.
– Dietary supplements:...
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