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INFO WRITERS
F
ood has an important
role for our health,
bringing the “fuel” that
our body needs to function
properly. We can find a con-
nection between “what you
eat and what you are”. The
body must receive daily all
the nutrients to be balanced
and for energy. The inner
health influences the exterior
and the individual’s actions. A
healthy, balanced and varied
eating gives us a good vibe,
optimism and it is associated
with a strong, energetic body,
resistant to physical and intel-
lectual efforts.
Healthy eating
For our daily eating we
have to include in our diet
high
nutritional
foods
(proteins, vitamins, minerals,
fibres) such as vegetables,
fruits, milk. Vegetables are
important sources of vita-
mins and fibres, and some of
them (potatoes, beans, len-
tils) have important quanti-
ties of carbohydrates. It is
necessary to eat foods that
contain food starch from
grains, potatoes and also
food that have calcium (milk,
cheese). We also eat plants
and vegetables (thyme, dill,
parsley, garlic, wild thyme)
that are good for our diges-
tion.
What
does
“eating
healthy” mean? How do we
put it into reality and what do
It is recommended to eat
we have to do? This is one of less meat with a high content
today’s problems, because of cholesterol, fried or
we live in a very dynamic and smoked, alcohol or too much
every day changing society, sugar. Meat is the perfect
totally different
source
of
from the past.
proteins and
It is obvious “A healthy eating must be associated helps
in
that food has with a balanced lifestyle in order to
growing and
different values prepare our body to face the
regenerating
and plays dif- challenges of the world we live in, “
tissues and
ferent roles for
to
protect
the human body. Some foods the body against infections.
are rich in nutrients, others Vegetable proteins, although
are so called “empty calo- incomplete, can replace the
ries”, meaning they actually animal proteins in a well or-
have a lot of calories, coming ganized diet. A good source
from sugar or/and fats and of vegetable proteins can be
they bring no other nutritious found in peas, beans, lentils,
value to our body. (for exam- nuts, peanuts, grains etc.
ple alcoholic drinks, concen-
Drinks with too much caf-
trated sweets, fats).
feine can induce us insom-
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nia. Over eating, eating too
fast, not chewing properly
can also affect sleep quality.
In order to have a healthy
diet we must eat foods with
the right amount of calories,
a perfect equilibrium of pro-
teins, carbohydrates and
fats.
For a healthy daily diet the
necessary amount of pro-
teins is 1 gram per kilo-
gramme, the fats are like 25-
30% of the whole energetic
contribution and the carbo-
hydrates cover the rest.
A healthy eating must be
associated with a balanced
lifestyle in order to prepare
our body to face the chal-
lenges of the world we live
in, the stress and the pres-
sure of our daily life.
Teacher Madalina SERBAN