Many people eat snacks during their lunch break. Why Doctor explains why it’s not so bad.
The Anglo-Saxons like to pull the strings of the world, and when it comes to nutrition, the United States has been pursuing a food policy for more than fifty years which has resulted in a deplorable health situation for the majority of the country’s inhabitants. We don’t even talk about the English word Sandwich, we talk about “snack”.
Its main virtue
It is above all a mini-meal, therefore an excellent way to combat snacking which is a major factor in obesity.
When we snack, we eat too much and poorly too. Our body is a remarkable machine that has developed near perfect control. It takes 20 minutes for the signal to fill the stomach to reach the brain, which requires a fairly long meal that includes a not too high-calorie starter. This gives us time to alert our brain that we are eating and that prolonging the hunger signal is not helpful. To avoid overeating, chew slowly.
When we snack, it’s rarely vegetables. Peanuts, the star of snacking, are the enemy of our arteries. A handful is equivalent to a tablespoon of oil.
The case of chips
Chips are often the accompaniment to the snack however, this is a mistake. A potato chip provides almost as many calories as a boiled potato. Can you imagine eating a salad bowl of potatoes to accompany your snack?
What about bread?
Bread is an excellent food, even if it is not wholemeal bread. However, it is still sugar, certainly slow but sugar. You can experience chewing a piece of bread for a minute, and you will feel the sweet taste revealed by the enzymes in your saliva.
The ideal composition for a snack
To lose weight, you need to eat less and above all better, that is to say balanced. Traditional cuisine receives rather good reviews.
Thus, the ideal content of a sandwich is 50% sweet foods, such as bread, vegetables and fruits, 25% proteins, fish, eggs, meat and 25% fatty products, knowing that fat is everywhere, especially in meats and sauces.
Eat better, eat less, and especially at meal times. The Anglo-Saxons believe that we lunch too late in our country, we could blame it much more on the Spanish who are nevertheless in better shape than them. However, the tradition of eating late and napping doesn’t align with nutritional guidelines.
