Nutrition and agro-food technologies experts denounce a reduction by more than 50% of the nutritional properties of foods so called “friends of health” caused by:
- Loss of seasonality
- Pollution
- Agricultural policies of some countries
Have been accused especially fruit and vegetables and other “ingredients” of the Mediterranean diet. They are no longer those of the past.
The reasons?
- The procedures for the production and storage of products that come from all parts of the world
- The demand for products beyond their natural season
- Pollution
So at equal calories intake, foods have far fewer vitamins, salts and fibers.
“Surely products have something better than what happened just 20 years ago but them have lost more than 50% in terms of nutritional principles” , confirms Dr. Andrea Strata, professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Parma, Italy.
Today, the industrial social model requires a variation of food proportions.
Here 5 simple rules to review and update the Mediterranean diet to adapt it to new needs and modern lifestyles:
- The first rule: regular intake of carbohydrates on the basis of your actual physical activity and lifestyle.
- The second rule: increase consumption of fruit and vegetables
- The third rule: help your body through the integration of nutrients. Especially at certain times of the year, in winter take vitamins, as well as minerals during the hottest periods.
- The fourth rule: choose, as far as possible, food where the use of pesticides has been minimal.
- The fifth rule: be informed on the meal and food ingredients and preparation.
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