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The French are very lively and life expectancy in this country is high. And all because the representatives of this nation, for the most part, prefer everything only natural, move a lot and study ways to improve their body. What principles of nutrition should be borrowed from the French?
5 fruits or vegetables a day
Five vegetables or fruits a day can protect against cancer and heart disease, maintain a healthy weight, reduce the likelihood of diabetes, flush out toxins from the body, support brain function and prolong life.
Extra virgin olive oil
Cold pressed natural olive oil – prevention against diseases of the cardiovascular system, diabetes and obesity. It has no cholesterol, and omega fatty acids lower cholesterol levels in our blood.
Light dinner
Dinner with the French is always light – a couple of fruits or a green salad with olive oil, a few slices of whole grain bread, nuts. But the French are wary of cheese for dinner – they contain up to 10 percent saturated fat.
Steam treatment
Of all the culinary techniques for processing food for a dish, steam cooking is preferred in France. Thus, all ingredients retain maximum benefits, color, natural smell. No oil or broth is required for steaming, so the food is reduced in calories.
Mediterranean food
The Mediterranean diet is low in saturated fat, high in complex carbohydrates (fruits and vegetables), vegetable protein (grains and legumes), fish, and olive oil. This system allows you to stay healthy and fit.
Al dente
All vegetables, cereals and pastas, the French, like the Italians, do not cook a little in order to preserve as many useful nutrients as possible in the dishes.
Minimum of medicines
The tendency not to heal with drugs has already reached us. The French believe that proper nutrition is much more effective in fighting disease than taking pills. Only a serious diagnosis can make a Frenchman drink medicine, and what it means to take pills for prophylaxis – they do not know at all.