Does your dinner make you fat?

• May 4, 2024

It says a well-known saying: "You have breakfast like a king, you eat like a prince and you eat like a beggar." Following these wise advice allows us to have a balanced and healthy diet.

But if, in addition, we add the recommendations of nutrition experts Lawrence J. Cheskin and Melisa Lanz For dinner time, our weight and health are guaranteed.

With the hectic life we ​​lead, it is true that the last meal of the day is one of the few moments when the family is gathered to share the experiences of the day.

For many it is the main food, for others the most forceful. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account what Cheskin and Lanz have to say about the six big mistakes that we make during dinner and that leads us to not have a balanced diet.
 

1. Put dishes with food on the table. This simple and daily act leads people to eat more. Given this, Melisa Lanz, nutritionist and founder of the healthy food page The Fresh 20, recommends serving the portions in the kitchen and wait at least 10 minutes before serving a second dish.

2. Turn dinner into the most important meal of the day. In the words of Cheskin who is the director of Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center in Baltimore (United States), Before making this mistake, people should ask themselves at what time of the day they need the calories.

Generally, more calories are spent in the morning, so you should never overeat at night. On average, a dinner should contain between 450 and 625 calories considering the average daily intake of women (between 1,800 and 2,300 calories) and men (between 2,000 and 2,500 calories). According to the expert, from the point of view of nutrition, dinner should be a light meal, well proportioned and under 500 calories.

3. Eat dessert. If you usually eat dessert after dinner, you are probably adding an excess of calories to your diet. The worst thing is that this nocturnal portion of sugar could make you more active, putting obstacles at bedtime.

4. Go out to dinner very often. Cheskin advises going out a maximum of once a week to dine out. This is because restaurant meals tend to be higher in calories, salt, fat and sugar.

5. Leave the salt on the table . If you leave the saltcellar on the table, it is more likely that you will eat more sodium than it should. Therefore, it is preferable that instead of salt you put some spices to season, such as black pepper, oregano, thyme and other Provencal herbs that can flavor a meal without adding sodium.

6. Chop in front of the TV or computer. For experts, many people do not make the mistake precisely at the table but on the sofa or bed, when eating snacks while watching television or surfing the Internet.

The problem, says Cheskin, is that if you do this action you will not be focused on the act of eating, which can be harmful and, eventually, cause you to eat too much.
 

Now you know, if you avoid these mistakes you will not only take care of your weight, but you will rest, you save digestive discomforts, you will perform better during the day and you will have a balanced diet.

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