If you dive into reflections on the usefulness of food, you can conclude that all food is harmful. Judge for yourself:
- fats increase the level of cholesterol , lead to diseases of cholecystitis, atherosclerosis, ischemia, cholelithiasis;
- carbohydrates increase blood sugar, lead to diabetes, obesity;
- proteins are harmful because they can cause rotting processes in the stomach, load the kidneys.
But in fact at the same time, these three groups are the formula of a healthy diet. The solution is, as always in the middle, namely, in the golden middle. What can be poison, it can become a panacea, and vice versa.
Let's compare the terms of healthy and unhealthy food by examples.
Fats
Animal fats increase the level of harmful cholesterol. In abundance, they are unhealthy food, especially if combined with pasta, potatoes, bread. It is in the unhealthy form that they are consumed by a large part of humanity. At the same time, vegetable fats lower the level of harmful cholesterol, and are carriers of human-friendly vitamins, amino acids, minerals. This does not mean that it is necessary to immediately register with vegetarians. Historically fatty, animal food was considered useful, because it was better than other food to feed, satiate, and satisfy the taste. Then, there was a food deficit, and saturation was the main criterion determining useful and harmful food. Now, there is no shortage of products, so it is useful to simply limit, reduce the consumption of animal fats.
Proteins
A lot of protein in meat, cottage cheese, cheese, eggs. Excess protein leads to putrefactive dispensation, overloads the liver, kidneys. In addition, there is overexcitation of the central nervous system, immunity decreases, the risk of allergy increases.
But this does not mean that it is necessary to exclude all meat and dairy products. Excess protein
Carbohydrates
Refined sugar - this is the reason for the harmfulness of carbohydrates. Avoid combining white sugar, fat, and fried - that is, it's donuts, pancakes, cupcakes, etc. This combination of products leads to obesity and changes in metabolism.
In other cases, carbohydrates are useful and necessary. Consume fruits instead of cakes, nuts, cereals, brown sugar, rough flour - all these are also carbohydrates , but they are useful.