A healthy diet will help prevent non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Likewise, there are shakes that help to have good health and for this reason, the Mundiario newspaper revealed that the mixture of cucumber and pineapple helps to cleanse the colon and lose weight, since it has diuretic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties, among others.
So, to prepare the smoothie you have to blend half a cucumber, a slice of pineapple and a green apple. Later, when a homogeneous mixture is achieved, it is consumed and, preferably, on an empty stomach.
However, the drink will not replace breakfast, since it is only a complement and therefore, you must have a healthy diet that includes proteins, fats, carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables and all the nutrients that the body needs.
In fact, the WHO explained that a healthy diet includes the following:
- Fruits, vegetables, legumes (such as lentils and beans), nuts, and whole grains (for example, unprocessed corn, millet, oats, wheat, or brown rice).
- At least 400 g (that is, five servings) of fruit and vegetables a day, except potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava and other starchy tubers.
- Less than 10% of total caloric intake should come from free sugars, which is equivalent to 50 grams (or regarding 12 level teaspoons) for a person of healthy body weight consuming approximately 2,000 calories a day, although for additional health benefits less than 5% of total caloric intake is ideal.
In addition, he explained that free sugars are all those that manufacturers, cooks or consumers add to food or drinks, as well as the sugars naturally present in honey, syrups and fruit juices and concentrates.
- Less than 30% of daily caloric intake from fat. Unsaturated fats (found in fish, avocados, nuts, and sunflower, soybean, canola, and olive oils) are preferable to saturated fats (found in fatty meat, butter, palm and coconut oil, cream, cheese, clarified butter and lard), and trans fats of all types, particularly those produced industrially (present in frozen pizzas, tarts, cookies, cakes, wafers, cooking oils and spreads ), and ruminant trans fats (present in the meat and dairy products of ruminants such as cows, sheep, goats, and camels).
“It was suggested to reduce the intake of saturated fats to less than 10% of total caloric intake, and that of trans fats to less than 1%. In particular, industrially produced trans fats are not part of a healthy diet and should be avoided,” the WHO added.
- Less than 5 grams (regarding a teaspoon) a day. The salt should be iodized.
Along the same lines, it is important to consume water, although according to the Mayo Clinic, a non-profit entity dedicated to clinical practice, education and research, daily water consumption is different for men and women, since that there are differences between intake, but generally men should consume 3.7 liters of water per day and women should drink 2.7 liters.
In any case, the information given above in no way replaces medical advice and therefore the first thing to do is consult a health expert so that he or she can guide the process and indicate what is most appropriate for each person. .
