Good food practice at Christmas and New Year

Good food practice at Christmas and New Year
Extract from the article: During the festive season (Christmas or New Year) it's essential to adopt certain good practices: choosing the right products, the right quantities and the right cooking and preparation techniques. Always emphasise these 2 words: quality and quantity

During the festive season (Christmas or New Year) it's essential to adopt certain good practices: choosing the right products, the right quantities and the right cooking and preparation techniques. Always emphasise these 2 words: quality and quantity. If you want to stay light and make the most of the festive season, add some colour to the menu by thinking about fruit and vegetables, which are also packed with vitamins and trace elements.

Avoid the pitfalls of maintaining a healthy weight

Give preference to fish, which is much more nutritious. Make room for seafood: it is rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and trace elements, and is low in fat. Eat meat in reasonable quantities. Be careful with red meat and cold meats, which are high in fat and salt. When it comes to side dishes, opt for seasonal vegetables and avoid fried foods. Moderate alcohol consumption: unnecessarily high in calories, a party can be just as successful without too many bottles of alcohol

Balance in everything 

The basic principle of a balanced diet is to choose simple, unprepared or pre-cooked foods, so that you can control how they are prepared and what you add to them.  Remove the visible fat from all meats and choose the right cuts.Choose broths or sauce bases with the fat removed. For the desserts, think of some exotic fruit with a sorbet. This is the time to give pineapple pride of place: its high bromelain content (an enzyme similar to pepsin) will aid digestion.Choose fresh fruit in particular.Finally, for chocolate lovers, opt for dark chocolate.It's a good source of magnesium, iron and phosphorus, and provides a little potassium and vitamins B1 and B2.

Eliminate

The excesses of New Year's Eve can overload the body with toxins and other waste products. These need to be eliminated. To do this, you have no choice but to drink plenty of water. Add to your water the diuretic and depurative virtues of a few herbal teas or even fruit or citrus fruits. Ask your nutritionist for advice.  

Elom AKAKPO

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santé éducation
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Abel OZIH

During the festive season (Christmas or New Year) it's essential to adopt certain good practices: choosing the right products, the right quantities and the right cooking and preparation techniques. Always emphasise these 2 words: quality and quantity

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