Maintaining a good nutritional balance is essential to maintaining good health. Healthy meals help you lose weight and gain muscle mass. It is often these two arguments that are mentioned to get used to eating healthily. However, diet has many other consequences on health. There are many things we don’t know, and that you will discover.
Healthy eating improves immune defense
It is known that fat, salt and sugar should be avoided to maintain good health. But there are other rules of good food that help to strengthen our immune defense and therefore improve health.
To avoid getting sick, our white blood cells and antibodies must be in shape, and numerous. Certain foods help in their production, thanks to the nutrients they contain.
Vitamin D
This vitamin is essential so that the body can eliminate microbes and we keep healthy. It is found most in fatty fish, such as salmon or cod. Eggs also contain it, in smaller quantities.
Eating fatty fish twice a week is therefore a dietary habit to adopt.
Magnesium
This mineral salt helps the body produce energy. The body then feels less tired and can function better. This is important information for staying healthy. Even with good sleep, an organism without magnesium cannot have strong defenses.
We find it in coffee, chocolate black with 70% cocoa, lentils, almonds, brown rice and in waters such as Hepar or Quezac.
Foods to choose to maintain immunity against diseases
- limit yourself to 500 grams of meat per week and favor poultry;
- favor plant proteins (soy, lentils, chickpeas, etc.) over animal proteins;
- take a handful of nuts per day (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, unsalted pistachios, etc.)
- respect the rule of 5 fruits and vegetables per day.
These rules allow you to have a healthy diet and therefore avoid health risks.
Possible health problems
A poor diet can lead to various health problems, some of which are very serious.
Fibromyalgia is one such disease. It is characterized by pain throughout the body and great fatigue. It’s actually a gut problem. The microbiota, the good bacteria, are not numerous enough and too weak, which causes digestion problems.
Fibromyalgia and diet are therefore directly linked. Foods rich in fiber can help regulate intestinal transit. Yogurts, red fruits and turmeric are recommended.
Diabetes, obesity but also cancers and cardiovascular diseases can appear in the event of a poor diet.
Organic foods
Organic farming and sustainable food directly impact our health, in a different way.
The first thing is the absence of pesticides and other chemicals dangerous to health. This also allows us to take care of the planet by avoiding pollution. According to WWF France, 40% of greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced if the French adopted the principles of sustainable consumption.
That means :
- buy local, to limit the movement of food;
- consume better, to avoid waste;
- better throw away, recycle and compost.
Using your food waste allows you to buy less, and therefore consume less. It’s also better for your finances, because it allows you to make fewer purchases.
Manufacturers should also make efforts, by limiting the use of plastic for example.
Adopting an ecological approach makes the Earth healthier, and ours too. With less pollution, cancer risks decrease.