Often we hear statements that condition the way we relate to certain foods. We invite you to discover the truth about them!
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Often we hear statements that condition the way we relate to certain foods. We invite you to discover the truth about them!
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. It is not merely the absence of disease.
Food in itself is not good or bad, it depends on the amount of food and frequency at which we eat it. A healthy diet includes all foods.
A healthy and wholesome diet provides all necessary nutrients in adequate quantities, as each nutrient plays a specific role. It is not healthy to eliminate any nutrient.
55% of the calories in a person s diet should come from carbohydrates because they are the organism s main source of energy and are involved in most physiological processes.
Flour-based food products provide carbohydrates. There is no significant difference in calories between gluten-free foods and non-gluten-free foods.
Sugar provides immediate energy, and incorporated into training sessions and competitions, helps avoid muscle fatigue and energy loss, and boosts subsequent recovery.
As the proteins from lentils and grains are complementary, combining these two food groups allows for the incorporation of complete and good quality proteins.
The heat treatment for the production of canned pulses (peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas) ensures that there is no microbiological risk without the need to add preservatives.
Each food group has an optimal share in a balanced diet. Eating all food groups and keeping the right portion sizes help us to balance our diet.
Home and industry food processing is necessary for eating and preserving food. A global balanced diet is related to how food affects health.
Sodium is essential for life, fluid balance and metabolic processes. Excessive salt intake is associated with increased cardiovascular risk.
Food is made up of nutrients that have specific bodily functions, and does not help weight loss in itself. A complete diet is related to the changes in body weight.
The body eliminates toxins through specific organs. No food has a detoxifying effect or can detoxify the body.
Perspiration is the loss of body fluid through the skin, fats are oxidized by physiological processes after physical activity or certain extreme body conditions.
Fasting leads to, among other things, mood changes, unchecked diet, energy savings (in order to keep it), muscle loss and hormonal imbalances.
As vitamins are micronutrients that lack caloric value, they do not provide any energy to our body.