Almost all of us know that there are healthy and unhealthy foods, we divide all foods into bad and good, and this is true, because not all of them are good for you. human body, and there are many that are harmful and sometimes dangerous. Let's look at harmful and healthy foods in order to get not only moral satisfaction from food, but also benefits.

The most harmful food

It is very difficult to consider all existing products that are harmful to the human body, one might even say that it is impossible, but it is still worth naming the most harmful products from this series.

1. Sauces: ketchup, mayonnaise, salad dressings with a large number unhealthy fats and a huge amount of calories.
2. Food from McDonald's, which is recognized as harmful, but for some reason does not lose popularity. It is difficult to find anything healthy in such food, since it is prepared from products of dubious quality and origin.
3. Chocolate bars: all kinds of “Snickers”, “Mars”, “Nuts” only at first glance seem tasty and healthy, in fact they are harmful, because they contain not only high-calorie foods, but also products that are full of carcinogens.
4. Lemonade and other sweet carbonated drinks. If you do not want to have health problems, stop using them, as they are not only harmful, but also dangerous.

The healthiest food

1. Fruits and vegetables. It will not be a discovery for anyone that vegetables and fruits will bring enormous benefits to the body, as they are tasty and healthy food, rich in vitamins and a lot of other useful substances.
2. Vegetable oil. Vegetable oils also have beneficial properties, as they have an antioxidant effect, which stabilizes the functioning of the cardiovascular system and digestive organs.
3. Nuts. Nuts are beneficial for the human body because they are rich in vitamins and microelements necessary for normal life.
4. Fermented milk products. This group of products is considered useful due to the content of bacteria necessary for our body,

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Daily food intake is a natural human need. Without this process, people cannot fully live and develop. However, few people think about the diet and quality of nutrition.

Many of us drink coffee and a sandwich in the morning or prefer not to have breakfast at all. If you manage to have lunch, in most cases it is hot dogs or hamburgers from the nearest fast food. When there is no time for lunch, you have to eat crackers, chocolate bars, and cookies on the go. And only in the evening we can have a full dinner with homemade food. At the same time, some people, even at home, continue to eat incorrectly. Instead of soup, they eat instant noodles, and instead of lean meat and vegetable side dishes, they eat heated pizza. Constant consumption of such products and non-compliance diet, causes great harm to health. What's going on? If you fill a car with low-quality gasoline, then at best it will stall halfway, and at worst, you will have to flush the engine and pay for expensive repairs. Roughly the same thing happens to the human body. Due to an unbalanced diet, many diseases arise: atherosclerosis, gastritis, obesity, kidney failure, diabetes. Appearance deteriorates: hair splits or falls out, nails peel, acne appears. Usually the reason feeling unwell people consider heredity, unfavorable environmental situation, fatigue. But proper nutrition is the prevention of many health problems.

Healthy Eating Basics

Thanks to the latest technologies, dyes, flavors, preservatives, flavor enhancers and other harmful substances are often used in the manufacture of products. Sometimes we don’t even know what we eat. Many people eat advertised chips, chocolate, and carbonated drinks, giving preference to taste over nutrition. What is proper nutrition? Some people mistakenly equate it with a strict diet and numerous restrictions. However, rational eating requires a person’s voluntary refusal of harmful foods. The foundations of a balanced diet began to emerge in primitive society. People cooked animal meat over a fire, used wild vegetables as a side dish, and quenched their thirst with river water. Modern man has a much larger selection of products than its primitive ancestors, so it’s easy to create a menu for yourself. To organize a healthy diet yourself, you need to follow important rules:

• Don't skip breakfast. The fact is that eating in the morning charges the body with energy. Our well-being, performance and even mood during the day depend on what we ate in the morning. Breakfast should be hearty: porridge, cottage cheese with sour cream, omelet, boiled white meat with vegetable salad. People say that you need to have breakfast like a king, that is, very heartily. Dining like a prince means eating less, but dining like a beggar.
• Stick to your diet. It is better and healthier to eat five times a day. Two to three hours after breakfast and lunch, you need to have snacks: fruit, yogurt, casserole. This will improve your metabolism and reduce the load on your digestive system.
• Drink more water. You should drink eight glasses every day clean water. If there is a lack of it, there is no point in healthy eating it won’t, because metabolic processes will slow down, the body will become sludge-laden, and fatigue will occur. It is recommended to drink most of the water before five in the evening. The first glass of water is consumed twenty minutes before breakfast to awaken the appetite and prepare the body for digestion.
• Eat fruits and vegetables. They contain fiber, minerals, and vitamins, which saturate the body and normalize intestinal function. It is advisable to steam vegetables or eat them raw. It is better to eat them during lunch or dinner. Fruits should not be consumed in the morning on an empty stomach. They contain a lot of sugar, which promotes increased production of insulin by the pancreas, and acids that irritate the gastric mucosa. As a result, blood sugar levels drop and severe weakness occurs. Constant irritation of the stomach by acids is one of the causes of gastritis. Fruits will be useful as a snack between meals.
• Use fermented milk products . A healthy diet is impossible without kefir, milk, fermented baked milk, and cheese. These healthy products rich in vitamins, fats, proteins, carbohydrates necessary for the body. Their regular consumption strengthens the immune system and improves health. It is very useful to drink a glass of yogurt or kefir before bed.
• Don't overeat. It is especially harmful not to eat all day, and during dinner to “compensate” for breakfast and lunch with a huge amount of food. Overeating leads to disease digestive system, overweight and obesity. You should eat food slowly, in small portions, chew thoroughly, and when leaving the table, you should feel a slight feeling of hunger. Also, avoid eating in front of the TV or computer.
• Eliminate fatty meats. So, it is better to replace lamb and pork with poultry fillet or lean beef. It is advisable to bake, boil or steam the meat. This hearty food with broth or vegetable side dish is eaten for lunch. Meat should not be consumed with potatoes, pasta, or cereals. The exception is soups. The consumption of fatty kebabs and smoked meats should be kept to a minimum.

P healthy and junk food

The food products include various substances. Some of them have a beneficial effect on health, while others, on the contrary, destroy the body. Main task balanced nutrition– diversify your diet, enrich it with healthy foods and exclude harmful ones. For example, cereals and porridges contain complex carbohydrates. They saturate the body with energy and provide a feeling of fullness for a long time. Beans, lentils, peas and other legumes are also rich in proteins and healthy carbohydrates. Berries are a real storehouse of vitamins and a natural antioxidant. Fresh greens, radishes, cabbage, celery, and onions are very useful. Amino acids and proteins are found in dairy products, eggs, lean meat, fish, and seafood. Healthy fats contain unrefined vegetable oils, seeds, avocados, nuts, olives. All of the above products are easily digestible and benefit the body. Chocolate, salt, sugar, confectionery and flour products, coffee, store-bought juices, and spices should be consumed in limited quantities. You need to completely eliminate from your diet harmful foods that contain preservatives and various additives: sweet soda, sauces from the store, alcohol, fast food.

If you follow the basic rules of a balanced diet, your appearance will improve, your metabolism and body condition will be normalized. You should also: walk more often, play sports, go to bed on time. Proper nutrition is available to everyone. This is the right path to strong immunity and good health.

I came across this topic in one of the online diaries. A girl writes, apparently preoccupied with a problem excess weight: “That’s why I force myself for a week or two, eat only the CORRECT food..., then I break down, start eating everything in a row, and gain another two or three kilograms?!”

The benefits and harms of “proper nutrition”

Comments from well-wishers of this kind: they say, we need to gather our strength, take charge of ourselves again, and return to proper nutrition.

But now, remembering the main goal, not to violate or do anything like that. And everything will be fine. And everything will work out for you. And you will be happy.

And for fifty comments with this or almost the same content, there was not a single one who asked: "Young woman! How about CORRECT nutrition?.

This topic interested me and I decided to conduct a survey among my friends.

The first question was: “Do you think your nutrition is correct?” The interviewees' answers were unanimous. Almost everyone answered “No, we don’t think so. We eat incorrectly” True, the next question is “What exactly is this incorrectness?” no longer found unanimity. Some admitted that they cannot forbid themselves sweets, others, it seems to them, overeat for dinner, and still others like to have sweets before going to bed. Rare food, an abundance of spices, mayonnaise, chocolate... Some could not refuse bread, others could not refuse meat. Some found that they ate too rarely, others, on the contrary, too often. Occasionally we came across people with very extreme ideas. For example, some suggested eating only raw foods, as they called “living food.” Others considered it necessary to abandon animal protein forever and become vegetarians in the full sense of the word.

If we sum up all the most typical answers and discard the extreme ones, we get approximately the following recipe for proper nutrition:

• Do not eat after 6, at the latest, 8 pm
• Avoid cakes and pastries, flour and sweets
• Do not eat sausage, mayonnaise and fatty meat
• Eliminate or radically reduce all canned foods
• Do not consume foods that are suspected of being genetically modified.
• Do not mix proteins and complex carbohydrates in one dish and do not consume proteins and complex carbohydrates in one meal. The pause between consuming these products should be at least two hours.
• Avoid foods containing cholesterol, especially chicken eggs. Cholesterol accelerates the aging process.
• It is better to eat according to the daily calorie intake, for example, eat no more than 1500 or 1800 kcal per day.
• Drink more water.

In any case, when I showed this list to my friends, most of them found this diet quite correct. In its basic principles, it coincides with advice repeatedly found in popular literature on how to make your diet healthy, wholesome and correct. However, many scientists and specialists in the field of healthy nutrition have several objections when seriously analyzing these principles. Here they are:

Objection one. If people, in 95 percent or more of cases, cannot maintain such a diet for more than a month in a row, does it even make sense to talk about it as acceptable? After all, the bad thing is not even that we do not follow this diet. We do not comply with anything else, believing that any deviation from the above standards makes our diet INCORRECT. And we think all sorts of nasty things about ourselves, and believe that we have no willpower, and therefore our self-esteem is lower than the lowest. And all just because we cannot follow the nutritional principles given above.

Second objection. It is known that nutrition management occurs only partly at a conscious level. Basically, it is carried out SUBCONSCIOUSLY. And apparently it focuses on some needs of our body that we cannot fully understand. Food has three obvious functions: energy, essential food factors and... a source of pleasure. Accordingly, the body has three reasons to eat: to restore energy reserves, to compensate for the loss of essential factors necessary for the normal course of metabolic processes(vitamins, microelements, bioactive substances such as carotenes and lecopenes, essential amino acids and omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber, and so on), as well as get PLEASURE from food, restore your psycho-emotional state, calm down, and so on. If we evaluate our desire to eat, say, smoked fish or eggs, as something unworthy, and try to prohibit ourselves from eating, we risk harming our health. We cannot know (realize) our body’s need for certain nutrients. I wouldn’t recommend ignoring our need for treats either. The pleasure of delicious food cannot be fully replaced by any other pleasure. And attempts to prohibit yourself from delicacies immediately reduces the quality of life, makes the condition unbearable, and leads to depression and breakdowns.

Third objection. Attempts to follow a certain “proper” diet are periodically accompanied by breakdowns. The nature of these disruptions is now clear to us. An organism deprived of something it really, really needs experiences natural suffering and sooner or later is FORCED to stop following the instructions. In this regard, one can even conclude that breakdowns are natural. But it’s not even this that’s bad, but the fact that after a breakdown a person begins to eat in huge quantities those things that were forbidden to him and from which his body managed to wean himself during the period of abstinence - cakes, fatty sausage, dumplings. The result is an exacerbation of chronic diseases such as gastric ulcers, cholecystitis and pancreatitis.

Objection four. From the point of view common sense The mere presence of, say, smoked sausage, mayonnaise or instant coffee in food does not make the diet harmful, definitely leading to obesity or something else. Everything is determined by quantities. For example, the risk of extra pounds arises only if fats predominate in the diet. And this dominance does not necessarily have to be associated with treats. Example? Please! In hot weather, people can drink milk to quench their thirst. One glass of milk can contain both 7 and 10 grams of fat (about a quarter of the daily requirement). Summer salads are generously seasoned vegetable oil. One tablespoon of this oil contains 15 grams of fat. For comparison, the same amount of fat is contained in one quarter of a standard chocolate bar. There will be no risk of gaining kilograms if the food contains treats and frankly fatty foods, but their consumption is moderate.

Fifth objection. For many scientists, the health-improving effect of so-called proper nutrition seems very doubtful, and the harm, on the contrary, is obvious. For example, avoiding animal protein can lead to anemia and immunosuppression. Separate food or refusing dinner is dangerous for the development of gastritis; a lack of cholesterol in food can disrupt the synthesis of certain hormones, including sex hormones.

And now, taking into account these objections, it turns out that our vision of “proper nutrition,” to put it mildly, does not benefit us. We need to offer something in return. And in lately Among nutritionists, new views on healthy eating, much more democratic and humanistic, are gaining increasing support. The basis for the development of these views was taken precisely primacy of tolerance. A healthy diet should be well tolerated by a person, not worsen his psycho-emotional state and not reduce the quality of life.

Second principle. Healthy eating should not be based on prohibitions. It should be based on the widest possible range of products present in our diet. The required quality can be obtained by changing the ratios of products, introducing more protein or complex carbohydrate dishes, vegetables and fruits. You shouldn’t give up treats either. You just have to eat them when you’re full, trying to get maximum pleasure from relatively small portions.

Third principle. Healthy eating should be appropriate, that is, meet the goal that we want to achieve. It can be aimed at smoothly reducing or maintaining weight, at maintaining health in a person with predominantly mental or predominantly physical work, at maintaining health during pregnancy or lactation, at maintaining health in childhood, adolescence or old age.

For example, for smooth weight loss, it is enough to follow your intuition when choosing foods, but at the same time try to ensure that the food is not too fatty and not too sweet. It is better to eat more often, more than three times a day. A light snack an hour and a half before bedtime is also not forbidden. In the diet of pregnant and lactating women, it is advisable to increase the proportion of protein and calcium-rich foods. In old age, it is advisable to enrich food with fiber, and, on the contrary, limit the consumption of foods rich in cholesterol. In the diet of people with mental work, it is desirable to increase the proportion of complex carbohydrate products; in the diet of people with physical work, it is desirable to have more meat and fish. And so on.

“If you get sick, then change your lifestyle; if it doesn’t help, then reconsider your diet; If this doesn’t help, then go to the doctor.”

Understand that your body has a magnificent property - self-healing. And if something starts to hurt, this does not mean that you need to go to the doctor, but that you are doing something wrong (actions, food, aspirations, thoughts...). And in order to get rid of pain/illness, you need to analyze your life and make changes that will get rid of the ailment. If you go to the doctor, he will remove the symptoms. But a little time will pass, and the disease will return again, since you have not gotten rid of the main thing - the cause of the pain. If you stop trusting your body and continue to destroy it, not paying attention to the signals (pain) that it sends you so that you change something about yourself, and instead start going to doctors and pharmacies, then you will get involved in the cycle of pain - doctor-pharmacy-pain-doctor-pharmacy...

At first, switching to a healthy diet can be difficult and unusual, since the body is clogged and accustomed to junk food. Therefore, natural food may not seem so tasty and satisfy hunger. But a little time will pass, and the body will begin to cleanse itself of the debris that has accumulated over many years from poor nutrition, it will begin to work correctly, and instead of pain, heaviness, fatigue and laziness, feelings of lightness, energy, freshness and joy will appear.

Review your diet. What part of the total food is occupied by the main food (which brought natural vitamins and microelements to the body) - vegetables, fruits, nuts? And what part is occupied by food, which not only has no value, but, on the contrary, harms you (and you eat it not because your body does not have enough of this food and you want to eat it, but because this food has already become familiar to you? you).

Pineapple

The very valuable substance bromelain makes pineapple indispensable for nutrition for people watching their weight, as it helps break down fat.

Bananas

They have an enveloping, vasorelaxing and calming effect. They are beneficial for digestion and protect the walls of the stomach from the harmful effects of spicy and salty foods. Among banana lovers, patients with stomach ulcers are rarely found. Due to their high sugar content, bananas are not recommended for those who are overweight, but they are essential in the diet of people with heart problems.

Grape

An excellent dietary product. It improves metabolism, increases appetite, accelerates urination, normalizes blood pressure, helps with heart disease, and helps cleanse the body of radionuclides. Grape juice lowers blood cholesterol levels and has a tonic effect.

Pomegranate

The juice of sweet pomegranates is useful for kidney diseases, and the juice of sour pomegranates is a remedy for kidney stones and gall bladder. Pomegranate juice quenches thirst well during feverish conditions and acts as an antipyretic. Sour pomegranates are contraindicated for stomach diseases with high acidity, as well as for enterocolitis.

Figs

Cranberry

Activates mental and physical performance, lowers blood pressure, increases the secretion of gastric juice. This berry is useful for diseases of the kidneys and bladder. Cranberry juice has an antipyretic and bactericidal effect (and even affects bacteria that are difficult to treat with antibiotics). Cranberry juice and cranberry juice prevent the formation of kidney stones and stimulate the function of the pancreas. Cranberries and dishes made from them are not recommended for liver diseases and ulcerative processes in the stomach and intestines.

Zucchini

Dishes made from zucchini promote better intestinal motility and emptying of the gallbladder; they are also useful for patients receiving antibiotics. Zucchini, like pumpkin, is especially recommended for women for the prevention of gynecological diseases.

Cabbage

The very low calorie content of cabbage in combination with a rich set of vitamins and biologically active substances allows it to be used in the diet of people with overweight, obesity, and atherosclerosis. Cabbage creates a feeling of fullness with very low calorie content. It is useful for colitis, gastric atony, liver and gall bladder diseases, gastritis with low acidity, but is not recommended for flatulence and increased stomach acidity.

Tangerines

IN folk medicine Tangerines are used for general strengthening of the body. Due to their low calorie content, they can be recommended to people watching their figure. Tangerines are good to eat to prevent atherosclerosis.

Carrot

Increases body tone, has a rejuvenating effect, slows down the growth of cancer cells, suppresses the development of putrefactive processes in the intestines, and helps with anemia. Carrots are superior to other vegetables in carotene content. In order for the body to absorb a significant part of the carotene contained in carrots, it must be seasoned with butter or sour cream.

Pepper

Due to the high content of vitamins P and C, pepper has a beneficial effect on blood vessels - it increases the elasticity of capillaries and reduces their permeability. Pepper helps remove cholesterol from the body and thereby prevents the development of atherosclerosis. Among other things, he is effective means against colds, asthma and bronchitis.

Tomatoes

Previously, there was an opinion that tomatoes contribute to the deposition of salts (gout). But that's not true. Tomatoes increase appetite, improve the functioning of the pancreas, and have a detrimental effect on intestinal bacteria. They have anti-sclerotic and anti-rheumatic effects and are useful for circulatory disorders, senile visual impairment, and prostate adenoma.

Turnip

Turnip roots have an expectorant, laxative and diuretic effect, and having yellow flesh, in addition, they have the property of preventing the development of tumors.

Rowan

The fruits of red rowan are used in medicine for the prevention and treatment of vitamin deficiency, as an astringent. Syrup from the juice of fresh rowan fruits is useful for rheumatic pain, hypertension, liver diseases, gastritis with low acidity.

Chokeberry fruits

They have the property of lowering blood pressure and strengthening the walls blood vessels. During the season, it is enough to eat a handful of chokeberries per day.

Beet

Very useful for normalizing the functioning of the digestive system. It helps remove radioactive substances from the body, improves fat metabolism, and lowers blood pressure.

Pumpkin

Has a diuretic, choleretic, mild laxative effect. It helps reduce blood cholesterol levels and is useful for obesity and atherosclerosis. Pumpkin dishes are recommended for prostate diseases.

Dates

Useful for cardiovascular diseases, as they contain a lot of potassium. Dates are indispensable for physical fatigue and exhaustion, but due to their high calorie content, overweight people should limit their consumption.

Persimmon

Persimmons are often recommended for dietary nutrition. Its jelly-like pulp contains a lot of pectins, which help remove ballast substances from the body. But the astringent pulp of persimmon can provoke laryngospasm in people with increased throat sensitivity.

Apples

Rich in iron, therefore they have a beneficial effect on the circulatory system. It is useful to eat them for metabolic disorders and loss of appetite. Apples help remove oxalic acid, cholesterol, and radionuclides from the body. The calorie content of apples is low, which makes them a valuable therapeutic food product for overweight people.

1. Don't drink while eating. It is advisable to drink 10-15 minutes before meals and 1-2 hours after it.

2. If you are very tired or overexcited, do not sit down at the table until you have rested for 15-20 minutes.

3. Eat fruits separately from other foods - on an empty stomach, 20-30 minutes before meals.

4. Drink up to 2-3 liters of fluid per day.

5. In the morning, eat easily digestible foods; in the evening, if desired, you can eat difficult-to-digest foods.

Junk food

Foods that should be excluded from the diet: refined sugar and products containing it - jams, jellies, canned food, chewing gum, cakes, marmalades, ice cream, sherbets, sweet drinks, pies, cookies, puddings, sweetened fruit juices, canned fruits. Ketchup, mustard, hot seasonings, pickle, green olives, crispy fried fatty potatoes, burnt nuts, salted bread, pearl barley, dry cereal.

Foods rich in fat, processed or refined oils are the enemies of your heart. Also food containing cottonseed oil, margarines containing fats and processed oils, coffee and coffee drinks, alcohol, tobacco. Fresh pork and pork products. Smoked fish of any kind, smoked meat (ham, bacon), fatty sausages, fried beef and other types of meat foods containing nitric acid salts.

White flour products, stale, stale salads and overcooked potatoes.

Salt

With this product, which you put into your food every day, you are destroying your body. Pay attention to the following facts:

1. Salt is not food! There is no excuse for using it.

2. Salt cannot be digested, absorbed and used by the body. It has no nutritional value. On the contrary, it is harmful and can cause disease of the kidneys, bladder, heart, and blood vessels. Salt can cause water retention in tissues. Salt does not contain any vitamins or organic substances.

3. Salt can act as a heart poison, increasing the painful sensitivity of the nervous system.

4. Salt helps remove calcium from the body and affects the mucous membrane of the entire gastrointestinal tract.

Tea and coffee

They act like alcohol, are stimulants, and harm the body. For example, both tea and coffee contain caffeine, a potential drug. Two cups of coffee or tea contains a pharmaceutical dose of caffeine that is sufficient to stimulate the brain and cause blood sugar levels to rise. You may feel more alert at first, but soon the excitement will give way to fatigue. Your sugar levels will drop below normal levels and you will feel more tired than before.

Do you want to be healthy and energetic? Start with proper nutrition. Our well-being directly depends on what we eat. A balanced diet affects, first of all, our appearance. A beautiful, even complexion, strong nails, shiny hair - this is thanks to the right food. Cheerfulness, energy and a positive outlook on life - this also comes from healthy food.

Eating harmful products, people deliberately doom themselves to a whole series complications and problems. Lethargy, heaviness in the stomach, nausea and apathy are the first signs poor nutrition. If you don’t stop in time, you can very soon become the owner of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes. This is just a small part of the problems that can arise when eating harmful foods.

Proper nutrition is one of the main components healthy image life. By deciding to opt for healthy food, we help the body increase immunity, endurance and get stronger. This is how we prolong our life. It’s not scary if you haven’t been instilled with a culture of healthy eating since childhood, and you don’t know. It can be learned at any age. We have highlighted several simple rules. By adhering to them, you will always be healthy and full of strength.

So let's repeat: healthy eating is a healthy lifestyle, That's why:

1. Food should be complete and as varied as possible. Our body needs different microelements and vitamins. They cannot be contained in just one product. The richer your menu, the more benefits.
2. Follow your diet. It is important to develop the habit of eating at approximately the same time. Main meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is worth adding two snacks to them.
3. Don't skip meals. This has several unacceptable consequences. Firstly, the feeling of hunger. It will make you eat a lot more later. Secondly, the body will become exhausted. As a result, you will get tired faster. Thirdly, this can disrupt the digestive processes.
4. Minimize your sugar and salt intake. There is hardly a person who does not know about the dangers of sugar and salt. At the same time, many continue to get carried away with them. A large number of these products leads to a strong blow to health. Don't get carried away with them.
5. Add whole grains to your diet. This is bran, wholemeal flour, and many cereals. They are a useful exercise for the stomach and a storehouse of vitamins.
6. Eat fresh vegetables and fruits as often as possible. Ideally every day. They are sources of minerals, vitamins and nutrients.
7. Eat fish. At least once a week. Omega-3 acid is especially useful. It is found mainly in fatty fish.
8. Minimize your intake of the wrong fats, especially animals. They hit the digestive system very hard.
9. Drink water. Clean, without gas. We advise you to calculate your individual daily norm. Mobile apps can help with this. For example, WaterBalance, Hydro and others.
10. Forget fast food. This extra pounds, heaviness in the stomach and bad mood.

As you can see, eating right does not mean limiting yourself. On the contrary, your diet will become much wider. Healthy eating is not a diet at all! You won't go hungry or be under constant stress. Try it, and you will soon understand that eating the right food is really healthy.

Let's talk about healthy and unhealthy foods

As we already mentioned, you can find anything in modern stores. Therefore, it is very important to know what is healthy to eat and what you should forget about forever.

Products that bring only benefits

This category includes products created by nature. They contain many elements that have a beneficial effect on our health. Of course, our list can be expanded by adding different types cereals, berries, fruits, vegetables, etc.

Fish

Eat fish and you can forget about diseases of the cardiovascular system. It removes cholesterol perfectly. Fatty varieties contain Omega-3 acid. This is a rare element. It reduces the risk of disease and cancer. Fish contains healthy protein, which is several times easier to digest than protein from meat.

Broccoli

It contains amino acids and healthy protein. It is one of the main products that fight cancer. Include broccoli in your diet at least once a week and you can eliminate the risk of tumors. It also contains pectin. They improve the functioning of the stomach and intestines. Broccoli contains a huge amount of valuable microelements. Among them are zinc, iodine and manganese.

Apples

ABOUT beneficial properties apples can be talked about for a very long time. They are useful for the functioning of almost all systems of the human body. They prevent many diseases. Rich in vitamins, they cleanse the body of toxins, toxins and lower cholesterol levels.

Tomatoes

Carrot

Saturated with vitamins: A, B1, B3, C, E, P, PP, etc. Also carrots rich in minerals: potassium, calcium, iron, copper, iodine, phosphorus, etc. It is very useful, especially for people with vision problems.

Blueberry

These are not easy tasty berries. This is a panacea for premature aging. Substances contained in blueberries reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease, senile dementia and cancer.

Nuts

The benefits of nuts can be described for a very long time. They contain many vitamins and minerals. Serve as a means to increase libido. Reduce the risk of developing diabetes mellitus. Strengthens the cardiovascular system and vision.

Bananas

They can safely be called natural antidepressants. They replenish energy reserves. Normalizes the functioning of the digestive system. Increases the level of hemoglobin in the blood. Neutralizes high stomach acidity. Contain a huge amount of useful substances. Perhaps bananas have only one drawback - they are very high in calories.

Honey

Increases the body's resistance to infections and strengthens the immune system. It contains almost all microelements, as well as many vitamins. Honey helps with problems with the liver, respiratory system, stomach, intestines, etc. However, you should be careful with this product. This is a strong allergen.

Cranberry

An excellent remedy for colds. It helps normalize body temperature and blood pressure. Has a beneficial effect on the condition of the pancreas. Strengthens gums.

Products that negatively affect health

The harmful ones mainly include food products containing large number artificial ingredients, sugar, fat. They cause digestive system disorders and negatively affect general condition person.

Sweet carbonated drinks

Gases, chemicals and sugar are their main components. All drinks like Coca-Cola have a negative effect on the stomach. Gases lead to gastritis. And dyes and other chemical additives cause allergies.

Sweets and baked goods

These are the main products causing diathesis, acne, allergies and obesity. You shouldn't give up sweets at all. Just replace cakes and sweets with dried fruits, dark chocolate, and honey. Replace white bread and baked goods with bran or yeast-free bread.

Fast food

This is anything that is deep fried. French fries, whites, pies, pasties, etc. Typically, overcooked butter is used to prepare them. This leads to the formation of carcinogens and other very harmful substances.

Sausages and sausages

Today you will no longer find sausage that does not contain dyes, harmful food additives and flavors. It's good if there is at least a little meat in it. Smoked foods are also harmful. They not only raise cholesterol levels, but also often lead to nervous system disorders!

Mayonnaise and margarine

Mayonnaise can be consumed, but only if it is prepared at home. Bought in a store, it threatens diseases of the stomach, intestines, heart, blood vessels, obesity. It contains a large number of substances hazardous to health: dyes, additives, saturated fats, vinegar. Margarine is not far behind. This is by no means an analogue of butter. This is a composition of trans fats, toxic substances, preservatives, synthetic fats, etc. Please note that margarine is used for store-bought baked goods.

Fast food

Don't be lazy. It doesn't take very long to prepare healthy food. Your liver, stomach, kidneys, intestines and other organs will say “thank you.” Noodles, soups, purees, bouillon cubes are all chemical compounds. There is practically nothing natural in them. You won't get far with flavors, food additives and fats.

These are indicative product lists only. There are many more in both categories. Stay healthy and eat the right healthy foods? Or give preference to fast, high-calorie and sweet food, but acquire a bunch of diseases? The choice is yours.

Attention! Harmful food additives

Many products contain food additives. Some of them are even healthy, containing vitamins and minerals. All additives have a name and a special code that begins with the letter E. We will focus on the most harmful ones. Every person should know them.

Harmful food additives
Life-threatening	E123, E510, E513, E527
Dangerous	E102, E110, E120, E124, E127, E129, E155, E180, E201, E220, E222, E223, E224, E228, E233, E242, E400, E401, E402, E403, E404, E405, E501, E502, 3, E620, E636, E637
Carcinogenic	E131, E142, E153, E210, E212, E213, E214, E215, E216, E219, E230, E240, E249, E280, E281, E282, E283, E310, E954
Causes stomach upset	E338, E339, E340, E341, E343, E450, E461, E462, E463, E465, E466
Risk of skin diseases	E151, E160, E231, E232, 239, E311, E312, E320, E907, E951, E1105
Dangerous for the intestines	E154, E626, E627, E628, E629, E630, E631, E632, E633, E634, E635
Increase blood pressure	E154, E250, E252
Particularly harmful to children	E270
Little studied	E104, E122, E141, E171, E173, E241, E477
Prohibited	E103, E105, E111, E121, E123, E125, E126, E130, E152, E211, E952

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