Optimizing Your Plate: A Guide to Balancing Nutrition for Optimal Health

2023-11-17 16:27:00

Good nutrition is essential to promote and maintain optimal functioning of the body. It is well known that a balanced and healthy diet is necessary to help prevent and reduce the risk of obesity problems and cardiovascular diseases, as well as other possible conditions.

However, maintaining and creating the habit of consuming the correct portions and food is quite a challenge. Even though you know which proteins, fruits, fiber and vegetables should be included in your daily intake, not knowing how to add them to your plate can be a problem. hard work.

According to the Harvard School of Public Health portal, to understand how to distribute food in your daily consumption, there is a method that can be very effective for any meal of the day.

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The healthy plate consists of equitably dividing the main and ideal elements in one place and according to the essential nutrients that your body needs.

This means keeping in mind all the elements that make up a balanced diet that is always composed of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals and water, according to the healthy eating instructions of the World Food and Nutrition Organization of the United Nations. Agriculture.

A balanced diet should be composed of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, minerals and water,

How should the dish be rationed?

According to the portal of the American university’s health faculty, to organize your plate with the ingredients that your nutrition requires, you only need to ration it by percentages and sections.

A high number of greens should be concentrated there, representing the fiber that your body needs to facilitate the proper functioning of your digestive and intestinal system, as well as the presence of proteins and certain carbohydrates.

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“Vegetables and vegetables should represent 50% of the plate, while the other half should be divided equally with 25% cereals and another 25% proteins. The key is to combine the three portions and calculate their portions” , states the institution on its portal.

It is worth remembering that the existence of protein in meals is essential, because it helps the body to repair and produce new cells, in addition to contributing to the growth stage in children, adolescents and pregnant women, according to ‘MedlinePlus’ .

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On the other hand, the presence of carbohydrates such as cereals and their derivatives provide fiber and minerals. In fact, these can offer a better result if they are comprehensive, since “they help control cholesterol levels, body mass and blood pressure, in addition to reducing the risk of diabetes and heart disease or other conditions,” according to ‘Mayo Clinic’.

Finally, do not forget that no food can replace or substitute a treatment or diet and that before adding a change to your nutrition it is always necessary to go in the first instance to a primary specialist who will give you appropriate advice, in order to avoid any adverse effect that may affect your health.

NATHALIA GÓMEZ PARRA
DIGITAL SCOPE EDITORIAL
TIME

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