Contents
- What is the SLIM-Data method?
- What foods are classified as green, orange, red and purple?
- Why is it good to apply SLIM-Data during pregnancy?
- What are the periods of pregnancy when nutrition is particularly important?
- What is the ideal diet for pregnant women?
- What are the rules to follow for the method to be effective?
- A SLIM-Data type menu for one day
What is the SLIM-Data method?
SLIM-Data is a food slimming index divided into 4 categories: green, orange, red, violet. The SLIM-Data of a food reflects what it does in the body. A food classified in the green category means that it is favorable to slimming and lasting weight control. On the contrary, a food classified as “purple” has an important storage capacity and can cause false hunger. Such food is not prohibited, which is why we cannot speak of a diet – which implies deprivation, prohibition. The goal is to obtain a balanced SLIM-Data for each meal:that is to say orange. The SLIM-Data method is a nutrition-health method before being a nutrition-slimming method. Thinness is a consequence of rebalancing.
What foods are classified as green, orange, red and purple?
En Green Zone (low storage strength), there are foods to consume freely: spinach, green salad, tomato, orange, plain white cheese, shrimp, white fish, red meat, poultry, tuna in natural canned … In the orange zone (strength of medium storage), there are foods to consume freely but generally associated with foods from the green zone: avocado, pineapple, raw apple, pistachio, al dente pasta, flageolet, lentil, cooked cheeses, plain pancake, shepherd’s pie …
En Red zone (strong enough storage strength), there are foods that must be combined with foods from the green zone: vegetable puree, ripe banana, dried apricot, potato boiled in water, tarama, raw ham, scrambled egg, crème brûlée, Nutella, croque-monsieur …
En purple zone (strong storage force), we find foods to avoid (no more than twice a month): peanuts, industrial white baguette, sweet corn-flakes, Swedish roll, crisps, industrial Strasbourg sausage, white sugar, industrial candy chemical, sweet oven, ketchup …
Why is it good to apply SLIM-Data during pregnancy?
Pregnancy is of course not the time to diet. However, pregnant women can take care not to accumulate too many unnecessary pounds by monitoring the SLIM-Data of the foods that make up their meals. It will thus avoid any overweight and protect the fetus against possible maternal metabolic disturbances (pre-diabetes, diabetes, hypertension, etc.) which could disrupt its development. So paying attention to what you eat is good for yourself, but also for the baby. In the end, with a balanced diet, pregnant women have more tone, sleep better and manage their pregnancy better.
What are the periods of pregnancy when nutrition is particularly important?
In theory all the time, but it is true that during the first three months of pregnancy, the whole metabolism changes. The future mother must therefore pay particular attention to her diet. Likewise, at the end of pregnancy, when the fetus makes its fat cells. By feeding on foods with high storage (belonging to the purple zone), the expectant mother can stimulate the fat mass of her child.
What is the ideal diet for pregnant women?
It must be “diversified, healthy, based on fresh products, and sufficiently abundant to cover all the needs of pregnant women and their children”, according to Dr Yann Rougier. On the program, therefore, fats (preferably vegetable oils, butter, fish, etc.), fibers (fresh fruits and vegetables, etc.), iron (red meat, dried fruits, brewer’s yeast, etc.), calcium (yogurts, sardines canned…) and magnesium (mineral water, brewer’s yeast…).
What are the rules to follow for the method to be effective?
Foods in the purple category are not prohibited. However, it is advisable not to abuse them and to avoid them as much as possible. The ideal is to systematically combine red foods with green foods. Finally, a good meal includes foods from the green category and foods from the orange zone with only one red food.
- Breakfast: 1 green tea or 1 infusion (fennel, anise, cumin, mallow…) without sugar, or slightly sweetened with honey or 1 cup of long coffee very slightly sweetened with brown sugar; 1 natural or fruit yogurt; 1 small bowl of unsweetened cereal (All-Bran type) or 1 small bowl of muesli; ½ fresh mango.
- Lunch: ½ avocado seasoned with 1 lemon juice and a few shavings of Parmesan; 1 part of Lorraine quiche accompanied by a green salad seasoned with olive oil and fig vinegar; 1 fruit yogurt.
- Snack: 1 green tea or 1 infusion (fennel, anise, cumin, mallow…) without sugar, or slightly sweetened with honey; 1 fruit yogurt; ½ slice of semi-wholemeal sourdough bread, toasted or not; 1 orange.
- Dinner: 1 bowl of tomato soup; 1 salmon fillet in foil accompanied by fresh creamed spinach; 2 scoops of fruit sorbet.