Nutrition and Diet Tips

There is talk of varied diet when selecting foods from the different basic groups (cereals and meats vegetables, fruits, beans, meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, fats, sugar and sweets), always prioritizing natural foods. It should be borne in mind that any food is capable of providing the body all the nutrients necessary for their development and operation.

To remain healthy you need to consume more than 40 different nutrients, fiber and other compounds such as phytochemicals, which have demonstrated a protective role in various diseases. This is only possible to obtain through diet.

Diets with a predominance of plant foods are bulky and contain a low concentration of nutrients. Moreover, diets with a high proportion of animal foods promote the risk of certain diseases.

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More or less a decade, various investigations have been conducted comparing the nutritional properties of organic foods and food of intensive farming, pesticides or genetically modified seeds.

The results so far favor the first and the last survey by European Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) showed that fruits and vegetables grown organically or organically have up to 40% more antioxidants than conventional foods. In relation to studies of milk, it was shown that organic milk has up to 60% of healthy fats such as Omega 3 acids and conjugated linoleic acid.

We also know that organic foods concentrate certain substances less harmful to our health, such as pesticides, insecticides and additives commonly used in intensive farming.

While it is important this information is also important to consider the quality and labeling of organic foods, properly to ensure the safety of its production, as they still control in these crops is not well done.