More than 8 out of 10 French people think that a varied, healthy and balanced diet is the most important criterion for preserving their health… Today, eating properly has become a necessity for many of us, ready to invest more attention and time (even money) to find and cook good quality food, treat their loved ones but also maintain their best possible shape day after day.
Pampering your plate: a desire, a necessity
The benefits of a healthy diet are now proven: on a daily basis (more energy, better transit, more beautiful skin, less excess weight, better stress management, preserved bones…), but also in the short and medium term: fewer illnesses cardiovascular, inflammatory or degenerative, less than cancer. For this, no secret : you have to eat everything, because the variety is a guarantee of balance and multiple nutritional contributions, sparingly, favoring seasonal foods (always better and richer on the nutritional level), cooking yourself to avoid overabundance of preservatives, additives and other potentially harmful undesirables. And also, of course, finding a taste for moderation in meat, cold meats and cheeses, alcohol, pastries and pastries, sugar, “bad” fats.
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Better choose your “cult foods”
To do even better, you can target your healthy diet by focusing on foods (especially fruits and vegetables) particularly qualitative, like the 40 that we offer here. These are the ones that contain fiber in abundance, but also antioxidants, minerals, trace elements and vitamins galore, so many protective elements that ward off a large number of common pathologies. Also to be chosen are foods whose caloric quota andglycemic index are low (which thus satiate us without risk of weight gain), those which protect us from diabetes or nourish our heart or brain well, which maintain our muscles or arteries, which regulate blood pressure or blood lipid levels, those whose protective effects against Alzheimer’sor cancers are proven by scientific studies. There are several dozen of them, and we suggest those that really deserve your full attention.
Easily enrich your “healthy plate”
But boosting your health also depends on small reflexes which, repeated day after day, improve our “nutritional capital” and are so many simple and tasty bonuses: test the “superfruits” from all over the world and which are often mines of benefits, enrich your diet with good seeds (therefore good fats), beneficial oils and remineralizing algae, use and abuse spices that flavor (but not only). You can also take advantage of multiple aromatic herbs which add color to the plate by allowing you to vary the flavors, to take advantage of their chlorophyll, their antioxidant effects but also to promote serene digestion…
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When (good) taste maintains pleasure
The enormous advantage with these fresh products, from here or elsewhere, which cuddle or surprise our taste buds, is also – and this is essential – that they protect us and delight us, because eating sad and monotonous is not included in the program! On the contrary ! We maintain our gluttony like a muscle, because, quickly, the better we eat, the more we discover healthy and pure flavors, the more we become gourmet, curious and enlightened. We play culinary adventurers, we try original pairings, we mix colors like a painter, we bite, crack, saliva, have fun… and we do good to the body and the head!
In the superfoods, there are also very small fruits…
Acai: the small fruit of the pinot palm, native to the Amazon, is rich in essential acids (omega 6 and 9) which help reduce bad cholesterol. How? ‘Or’ What ? In pure juice, 30 to 50 ml in the morning on an empty stomach, 1 month/quarter.
Acerola: Imported from Brazil, Venezuela, the Caribbean, Hawaii and even Australia, it is one of the richest fruits in vitamin C: 20 to 30 times more than citrus fruits or kiwi fruit for equal weight! How? ‘Or’ What ? In tablets to be swallowed before noon. Up to 180 mg/day for 1 month.
Sea buckthorn: the fruit of sea buckthorn, which grows in particular in the Southern Alps, is 30 times richer in vitamin C than an orange. Toning, protective of immunity, it is a powerful revitalizer. How? ‘Or’ What ? 2 to 4 capsules / day dosed at 250 mg to be distributed at breakfast and lunch, 2 months minimum.
The aonia: studies have demonstrated the powerful antioxidant effect of this small dark berry from North America. Its juice contains large amounts of anthocyanins, which reduce oxidative stress and fight against free radicals. How? ‘Or’ What ? In pure juice, 50 to 100 ml/day after the meal, in cure of one month.
The baobab: this long and oval fruit called “monkey bread” has a very energetic pulp rich in vitamin C anti-fatigue, protective of the immune system. How? ‘Or’ What ? 2 teaspoons of powder in a glass of water, fruit juice or yoghurt.
Goji: came from the cold regions of the Himalayas, goji berry(370 kcal/100 g of dried fruit) is a super antioxidant that also protects against the harmful effects of stress and fatigue. How? ‘Or’ What ? 2 to 4 tablespoons of organic berries for at least 6 months.
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