HELTHY FOOD IDEAS (EAT SMART)

What does it mean to eat smart? It means to eat when and how our organism requires. Our  organism is a precise mechanism that knows excatly when his energy is lost, and for that reason he sends us signals that we should eat something. For that reason, we should eat only when we are hungry. We should adjust our meals to our life style, rather then to accept the advices about how we should eat three or five times a day. The claim that diner is not very good for our organism is not completely correct, we should only be careful about daily calorie intakes and meal planning. We don’t have to avoid snacks too, because if we eat smart, we can enjoy healthy snacks (almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, dried fruits…etc.)

Our meal planning should be smart. Every kind of food we can prepare in healthy or unhealthy way. There are many healthy recipes for meals that give us energy, health and beauty. Healthy food means that we can eat pastry, candies, snacks, bread and many more, but we have to know what an how we eat.

We can make pastry with whole wheat flour, without greasiness and cholesterol. We can eat healthy snacks instead of potatoe chips. We can eat some chocolate instead of piece of cake. This examples show us that we don’t have to avoid any kind of food, and everything depends on our imagination and our will.

Here are some ideas for combining foods:

·         We should eat fruis on an empty stomach. It’s the best to eat fruits for brunch, and at least once a week for breakfast.

·          Foods rich in protein (red meat, fish, cheese, chicken, eggs, venison, soy, turkey) should not be combined with foods rich in starch (all kinds of flour, pasta, potatoes and beans).

We should not eat desserts immediately after a meal. We should wait at least one hour.

Here are  some ideas for healthy food  that can facilitate digestion, and that can positively affect our weight:

·         Meat (the best is fish or chicken) should be eaten with vegetables (in form of salads, roasted or boiled). The meat can be combined with oils and fats, and salad dressings.

·          Starchy foods combine with vegetables, vegetable stew and potatoes, oils, fats and dressings.

·         Salad dressing (vinegar and oil) and sour cream combine protein and starch.