Balanced nutrition is key to optimize your health

• April 26, 2024

Without a doubt, appetizers are fundamental in national holidays , but the excess of food, can be translated into alterations in the healthy functioning of the body and end up in an emergency room and even put at risk the life of a person. In this regard, specialists from Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) exhort the population to moderate the consumption of typical foods or dishes prepared during this season.Dalila Moreno González , nutritionist attached to Regional General Hospital (HGR) number 2, of the IMSS , noted that the best measure that can be applied to celebrate healthy these days, is moderation, in order to avoid Gastrointestinal disorders , of blood pressure or hepatic : "These festivities almost match those of the end of the year, so that some people get to increase their body weight up to 15%, due to the excessive consumption of foods rich in fats, sugars and sodium, which trigger alterations in the metabolism" . The greatest risk is to suffer a decompensation, which takes place in the digestive system before the variety and large number of dishes offered at this time. To avoid gastric problems at national holidays, Moreno González recommended eating small portions:

"If pozole is ingested, for example, that it is preferably chicken, with few grains of corn and remove the fat from the stew. One or two toasts with little cream will be enough to accompany it. " If the food is to be prepared at home, the nutrition expert suggests that instead of eating fried products, they are roasted or baked to reduce fat intake and instead of choosing refreshments , it is preferable to prepare fruit water, which has the advantage of requiring smaller amounts of sugar "This also applies to alcoholic beverages, everything should be in moderation, since they are rich in sugars and carbohydrates." We must not forget the consequences of food excesses: overweight , obesity , arterial hypertension Y diabetes .