“They are not harmful in themselves, otherwise we would only have dead on the street. The amounts in which they are consumed could pave the way for health problems. There are serious studies, especially on salt consumption, from 5 grams per day onwards there is already a much more serious association with hypertension and hence cardiovascular disease “, explained the nutritionist Şerban Damian, for ziare.com. However, salt should not be removed from the diet, but only consumed in moderation, being important in the diet.
Sugar and fruit consumption
As for sugars, the daily amount of energy that should come from the simple ones, such as sugar, is somewhere around 5-10%, as the nutritionist also explains. This amount is often exceeded due to the consumption of sweets and other products that have added sugar. “This is a large amount of energy that comes quickly and that the body stores if not consumed, especially when a person is sedentary. In the long run, because here we are not talking about a week or a month, but at the level of months or years, this storage of energy leads to overweight, obesity, and hence all the problems arising from weight gain. ” Şerban also explained.
Sugar can be replaced with other forms of sugars, such as fruits which, the nutritionist adds, “also have fiber and a much slower absorption curve than eating refined sweets or juices that are absorbed very quickly.” Şerban recommends eating whole fruits or in the form of smoothies, not juices in which we squeeze the fruit. “When you squeeze a fruit, in principle you only squeeze the water with the sugars and throw away the pulp, ie the whole fibrous part.”
White flour can be replaced with wholemeal flour
White flour makes you fatter than wholemeal flour because it contains the same simple sugars. It gives a large amount of energy to the body that it has to store in the form of fat, as the nutritionist also said. He says that he does not recommend the lack of bread in any case, but he recommends the consumption of wholemeal flour. Of course, care is added to the quantity, especially depending on the lifestyle. “One is to talk about a sedentary person who has low carbohydrate needs, so that bread should be limited, compared to an active person, to an athlete, for example, where the needs are different “, explains Şerban, adding that 50-60 % of our energy must come from carbohydrates from different sources.
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