In a world in which we live on clickbait, it is not surprising that every day we hear a different story about “the food that we should eliminate”, “the product that we should not buy” or “the practice that must be avoided” according to the science.
One of the latest that has gone viral is the news that there is a food that we should eliminate according to doctors: the mixed sandwich. When I was studying at the university I played sports, I moved more than ever and I had breakfast every day in the cafeteria a bikini with a coffee. So she didn’t know it was “so bad”. Or maybe it’s not so much.
Actually, maybe you have to consider something else and it is to what extent do we have to examine what we eat. In Vitónica they spoke to us a few days ago about the orthorexia, the obsession with eating healthy. And along these lines, we ask ourselves if such a detailed analysis, and sometimes without no scientific basisIt’s actually counterproductive.
Over-analyzing what we eat…it’s not as healthy as it seems
The nutritional pyramid was born, just as They explain to us in Xataka, as an idea of the Swedish government for,” in the midst of the rising food price crisis of the 1970s, to explain what the “basic” foods were, what the “complementary” foods were, and how much of each one should be consumed.”
But far from staying that way, it has become a battlefield between researchers, governments, and producers. An example. In 1992 the US government made its first pyramid with a specific section for dairy products. Thus, dairy products became necessary in a healthy diet, although we already know that they are not essential.
Other tools like Nutriscore have suffered the same fate and nutritional recommendations have gone from being practical to being a problem. We give you another example so that you know what we mean: a few years ago it was argued that drinking beer is good for your health, something that our fellow experts from Vitónica have already taken it upon themselves to deny.
What to believe and what not when it comes to nutrition
It seems that the best thing is that we trust more common sense and be “flexible” with the recommendations. Although if you follow any, the ideal is to do so with those of the WHO. Nutrition is a living system that depends on too many variables as explained in Xataka cruz campillo “Only time can tell if a recommendation was completely right or not.” What is good today may not be good tomorrow when more information is available about it.
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