How a balanced diet should be like
This is how a balanced diet should be like, a combination of starchy food, vegetables and protein.
Sources of starch would be from grain breads, cereals, pasta, corn, rice, potatoes, noodles etc. Starches are broken down into glucose that your body needs for energy. As much as possible, avoid white breads because they are highly refined thus get converted into energy faster. The faster they get converted into energy, the more our pancreas try to produce insulin. When our insulin cannot cope up with the energy we produce, they get stored and thus become fat.
Eat foods high in fibre because they help you feel full and may lower blood glucose and cholesterol levels.
Vegetables and fruits are the main sources of anti-oxidants. These anti-oxidants help in preventing the clogging of our arteries. They are very high in nutrients and low in calories.
Our sources of protein are from fish, lean meat, chicken, beans, lentils, eggs, low fat cheese et. Proteins are helpful in the repair of our body cells. We should limit the amount of high fat food such as fried foods, chips and pastries. High fat foods may cause you to gain weight. A healthy weight helps with blood glucose control and is healthier for your heart.
It is recommended that you have to eat three meals a day at regular times and space meals no more than six hours apart. Eating at regular times help our body to control blood glucose levels. In between meals, have a healthy snack. Skipping breakfast is not recommended. Imagine a machine running continuously. You have to feed that machine in moderation. If it runs out of the needed materials it was meant to process in the first place, it bogs down or it ruins the machine. That’s how our different organs work in our body too. Consider this. If you let your machine starve and then feed it all at once with the materials it needs to process, it could jam.
You will notice that even if you check you car’s oil regularly, you still have to change oil or refill it at some point. Our organs need to be constantly refilled and repaired too. My dietician said that skipping breakfast causes bad breath because if our intestines run out of food to digest, it looks for something else and therefore process the fluid in our intestines. This is when the unwanted smell comes out.
Eat fish at least 3 times a week for that much needed omega-3 fat. Fish is a source of good fat that will protect our arteries against plaque build-up and is effective in lowering the “bad” cholesterol.
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Sources of starch would be from grain breads, cereals, pasta, corn, rice, potatoes, noodles etc. Starches are broken down into glucose that your body needs for energy. As much as possible, avoid white breads because they are highly refined thus get converted into energy faster. The faster they get converted into energy, the more our pancreas try to produce insulin. When our insulin cannot cope up with the energy we produce, they get stored and thus become fat.
Eat foods high in fibre because they help you feel full and may lower blood glucose and cholesterol levels.
Vegetables and fruits are the main sources of anti-oxidants. These anti-oxidants help in preventing the clogging of our arteries. They are very high in nutrients and low in calories.
Our sources of protein are from fish, lean meat, chicken, beans, lentils, eggs, low fat cheese et. Proteins are helpful in the repair of our body cells. We should limit the amount of high fat food such as fried foods, chips and pastries. High fat foods may cause you to gain weight. A healthy weight helps with blood glucose control and is healthier for your heart.
It is recommended that you have to eat three meals a day at regular times and space meals no more than six hours apart. Eating at regular times help our body to control blood glucose levels. In between meals, have a healthy snack. Skipping breakfast is not recommended. Imagine a machine running continuously. You have to feed that machine in moderation. If it runs out of the needed materials it was meant to process in the first place, it bogs down or it ruins the machine. That’s how our different organs work in our body too. Consider this. If you let your machine starve and then feed it all at once with the materials it needs to process, it could jam.
You will notice that even if you check you car’s oil regularly, you still have to change oil or refill it at some point. Our organs need to be constantly refilled and repaired too. My dietician said that skipping breakfast causes bad breath because if our intestines run out of food to digest, it looks for something else and therefore process the fluid in our intestines. This is when the unwanted smell comes out.
Eat fish at least 3 times a week for that much needed omega-3 fat. Fish is a source of good fat that will protect our arteries against plaque build-up and is effective in lowering the “bad” cholesterol.
You might find this post helpful too.
posted by ting-aling at 8:58 PM
8 Comments:
i've started really appreciating fish just this year... only, my Mom is threatening to kill my liking for them by insisting on fish every night, cooked the same way: paksiw
sigh...
asan po ang kutsara? :-)
ateng, would you know if there's something scientifically or medically truth to this.. last saturday, i visited my cousin and while waitin for her, i was chit-chattin with her son. i asked the boy what he wants to do when he grows up and he said "i want to drink lots and lots and lots of coke" (i know softdrinks are not good especially among kids) and i asked him again, "why? u'r not allowed to drink coke?" and he said "mom said coke causes bad breath.." and i rest my case, i was holding a can of coke that time.. is it true that coke (or other sofdrinks) causes bad breath too? (boy.. the boy made me punder)
BongK, I think Coke or any food with sugar in it causes bad breath ONLY IF you don't brush your teeth --- which, by the way, is a fairly common habit --- AFTER you eat or drink anything. Not brushing one's teeth leads for the remaining sugar to ferment inside your mouth. And what happens with fermentation? Acid is produced, right? That acid corrodes your teeth and eventually, as any dentist will tell you, will cause TOOTH DECAY.
Tooth decay = Bad breath.
Of course, it takes time. You wouldn't get bad breath overnight. But I don't think that's Ting-Aling's main point in this post. At best, that reason is secondary. This is another great post by the great Ting-Aling. Pati ako susundin ko na din ito. She simplifies what one might probably pass off as very difficult.
Thanks, Ting-Aling! =)
Mec, I love paksiw lalo na pag bangus with talong or galunggong fried a day after. Well, ayan, masasabi mo na sa nanay mo na kailangan balanced diet. Masama rin yung madalas na fish because of the mercuric content of fish if you will remember in Doc Emer's post afew weeks ago. Ang problema nga lang sa Philippine setting is wala kang masyadong choice. Kung ano ang nandiyan, pasalamat ka pa at may kakainin ka, di ba? Yun ang natatandaan ko anyway. Balik ka.
Bong, yung kutsara hinuhugasan pa, hehe.
Kakatuwa ka talaga. Hindi ako marunong ng scientific reasoning kasi ang naisip ko lang eh kung uminom ka ng coke tapos di ka nagsipilyo, mabubulok yung ngipin mo because of the sugar content ng coke nga. Kung sira yung ngipin mo, ayun magkaka bad breath ka. Isa pa, dahil acid nga yon, magkakaroon ng chemical reaction sa tiyan mo na di kanainis-nais.
Pero siguro sinabi lang ng nanay niya na huwag uminom ng coke because of the health implications nga ng coke(sugar content)..or in our case noong bata kami, nakakabutas ng bulsa ng nanay ko, hehe. Mag third opinion kaya tayo kay Dok.
Hi Doc, gising pa kayo? 'guess we were posting at the same time. Pareho pala tayo ng naisip tungkol sa bad breth..haha
Bayi, that did not even cross my mind but I will keep it in mind when I go to my next session. I will do a research on my next trip to the library with my kids. Can someone share his idea in the meantime?
I also have to take note of this. My wife has been reminding me to watch out those I should be eating.
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