All ! We all have to consume them. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, minerals, fibres…, each of these nutrients counts for good health. To meet your daily needs, you must therefore eat a certain percentage of each family of foods (fruits and vegetables, dairy products, starchy foods and bread, etc.) whose classification has been established according to their nutritional characteristics.
In what proportions?
The recommendations are 25% from the fruit and vegetable family, 25% from the starch family (half from bread, the other half from starchy foods such as pasta, rice, potatoes, etc.) , and 50% to be shared between the family of meat, fish and eggs, that of dairy products, lipids (butter, oils, etc.) and sweet products (pastries, confectionery, pastries, sweet drinks, etc.). But today, so that everyone interested in the content of their plate understands, we rather express these official recommendations as follows:
An ideal meal consists of:
A raw and/or cooked vegetable
A source of protein : meat, fish, egg…
A portion of starch and/or bread
A dairy product
A fruit cooked or raw
Divided between:
An appetizer
A meat or 1 fish or 2 eggs
A support
A dairy product
A dessert
The quantities of each food obviously depend on each person’s needs, tastes and habits. For example: Mr. Dupont prefers to have a very hearty breakfast, with ham or eggs and a lighter midday or evening meal. Is it better to prevent it? No, of course, if it allows him to spend a day without incident, without feeling cravings in particular. Ditto for someone who has never taken an appetizer because it is not in his family habits, needless to insist: he can eat meat or fish accompanied by vegetables and starches, then a dairy product and a fruit.
