Healthy Food & Snacks

While many diet programs that offer the body healthy and slim. However, be careful in choosing the right diet program, because the dream of a healthy and slender body can be lost due to either select the program diet. In choosing a diet, limit consumption of certain food groups such as only eating fruits and vegetables have also not healthy. Because the body will lack the necessary other substances such as proteins, carbohydrates, and others. Therefore, the diet with fruits should also be balanced intake of other nutrients.

Eat fruits

One diet program that is safe for the body to consume a diet with more vegetables and fresh fruit. This program is much better because of fresh vegetables and fruits commonly found fiber or fiber as essential components of foods for your diet. Fruit and vegetable consumption of high amounts of it can also prevent people from heart attacks and cancer.

List of 10 fruits that are beneficial to the health and nutritional content:

Apple
Apples contain carbohydrates especially when you’re growing and rich in pectin (a type of fiber). Apples contain quercetin flavonols known that in several studies to have anticancer substances. Quercetin also contain anti-inflammatory ingredients so beneficial for diseases such as arthritis. While the nutritional content, apples contain vitamin C, but not as much of an orange.

Strawberries
Strawberries contain ellagic acid as an antioxidant. In several studies ellagic acid proved to inhibit tumor growth in lung, osephagus, breast, cervix and tongue. As a traditional medicine, strawberries are believed to have antibacterial and is used as a cleaner digestive system. Strawberries contain more vitamin C.

Banana
Bananas are a source of vitamin B6 are needed to make serotonin in the brain. Serotonin function reduce pain, suppress appetite, and made to feel relaxed and ease tension. As a traditional medicine, bananas are used to cure stomach ulcers. Unlike other fruits, bananas contain many carbohydrates, few contain carotene and vitamin C but rich in potassium.

Melon
Melons contain high sugar and lycopene, which serves as anticancer. Red melon and orange also contains carotenoids that can protect cells against free radical damage and can also be converted into vitamin A in the body. Melon is a source of carotenoids and also contain vitamin C.

Orange
Oranges contain phytochemicals called hesperidin which functions as an antioxidant. Oranges are also a source of pectin which serves to lower blood pressure and low in fiber, including fruits, but a source of vitamin C and folate.

Mango
Mango contains carotenoids called beta crytoxanthin, an antioxidant that may protect against some cancers such as colon cancer and bone cancer cervix. Mangoes are rich in carotenoids, including fruit, fiber and vitamin C.

Kiwi
Kiwi contains a pigment called chlorophyll which gives the green fruit. Kiwis can be converted into a compound that has the ability to bind to cancer. One kiwi fruit is enough to meet the requirements for vitamin C intake of adults.

Plum
Plum contains a phytochemical called ferulic acid, which has anti-cancer compounds. The study showed a lot of ferulic acid consumption may help reduce colon cancer risk. Plum is a fruit rich in fiber and potassium.

Wine
Grape skin contains a phytochemical called resveratrol that are proven to improve heart health, anticancer, antibacterial, and contains antioxidants. Grapes contain vitamin C, fiber and low.

Pineapple
Pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain which has the ability to degrade proteins. Pineapples are often used as a meat tenderizer useful addition to aid digestion, describing blood clotting, prevent sinusitis, and urinary tract infections. Pineapple is a source of vitamin C and fiber and contain a high sugar content.

Myth: Eating red meat is not good for our body and it will be a problem for someone who wants to loose weight.
Fact: Eating non-fat red meat in little amount can be a program to loose weight healthily. Non-fat red meat, chicken and fish contain some cholesterol and fat that is not good for us. Meanwhile, that meat consists of various nutrition that is good for our body such as protein, magnesium and zinc.
Tips: Choose side of meat having little fat, then threw all fat away.
Low fat meats are:
-Back and hip part
-Tenderloin (soft waist part)
-Sirloin Tip (tip of waist part)
-Flank steak (waist part)
Notice the portion measurement as well. One portion consists of 50 gr until 70 gr meats.

Wanna have diet program? The first important step you must know is to know diet myths and the real facts about diet that you will be in the right way of diet. Let’s see them below:

FAST FOOD
MYTHS:
Those who are on diet should avoid consuming fast food.
FACTS:
People on diet may consume fast food unless they are able to play the strategy of consuming it.
TIPS:
Avoid large combo portion of fast food or you may share it with your peer. Have mineral water or milk with you when enjoying fast food instead of soda. Other important thing to do is choosing salad or grilled menu, such as grilled chicken breast sandwich, or a small hamburger. Fried food like french fries contains with high calorie and fat. It is suggested for you to order it occasionally or in a small portion or share it with peers.
Use less high-fat and calorie topping, such as mayonais, salad dressings, bacon, and cheese.

NUTS
MYTHS:
Nuts is food causing fat that you are not considered to consume it when you are on diet.
FACTS:
Indeed, it is acceptable for you, who are having diet, to eat nuts slightly. In fact, nuts contain high calories and fat, though mostly they also contain with advantageous fat which do not function as artery clogging. Besides, Nuts contain with protein, fiber, and minerals like magnesium and copper.
TIPS:
Enjoy about max 70-80 kg small portion of nuts in which contains with more less 270 calories.