Recommendations for healthy eating

Nutrition of a modern person directly affects well-being and life expectancy. Parents’ adherence to a balanced diet and the principles of a healthy lifestyle lays the foundation for the future child’s health even before its birth. The principles of healthy nutrition form its basis.

Aim to consume an adequate amount of calories with food to meet your own energy and essential nutrient needs. Every day, a person, depending on age, physical activity and the influence of some other factors, needs a certain number of calories due to useful food products, which simultaneously provide energy with important substances – proteins, fats, carbohydrates, dietary fibers, vitamins, minerals, bioflavonoids, probiotics. Normal body weight is determined using a unified indicator – the body mass index. Body mass index (BMI) is calculated by dividing body weight (in kilograms) by the square of height (in square meters).

Try to eat enough healthy foods every day: vegetables, legumes, fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds, eggs, lean meats, fish, and milk and sour-milk products. The benefits of consuming natural plant and protein products have been proven in many years of research involving millions of people in different countries on all continents. It is about improving the quality and increasing the length of life when we make healthy food choices.

Try to maintain an optimal diet and acquire healthy eating habits. Regular nutrition, slow consumption of food in places adapted for this has a positive effect on the body.

Drink enough fluids, choose drinks that do not contain many calories. Sufficient fluid intake is one of the mandatory conditions for ensuring proper physical and mental activity of a person. Water should be the main source of fluids. Caloric beverages, including sugary sodas, juices, and soft drinks should be severely limited.

Constantly and carefully follow the rules of food safety, including keeping clean, choosing only high-quality and safe food products, proper conditions for their transportation, storage and preparation. Food safety rules include all stages of handling food before its consumption.