Doctor Oksana Mikhaleva: many dangerous diseases are alimentary-dependent, that is, they arise as a result of improper nutrition.
Doctor Mikhaleva noted that nutrition has a significant impact on the likelihood of various diseases, including dangerous ones.
“Most of the most dangerous diseases are nutrition-dependent, that is, they develop due to poor nutrition in predisposed people,” the doctor noted in a commentary to RIAMO.
Oksana Mikhaleva that most heart diseases also arise due to poor nutrition, referring to nutrition-dependent diseases. This same group of pathologies includes obesity, type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, allergic diseases, and some cancers. It is easy to see that all of them are diseases that can shorten people’s life expectancy.
The doctor drew attention to the fact that by adhering to the rules of a healthy diet, you can significantly increase your body’s protection from serious health problems. According to Mikhaleva, one of the best ways to maintain a healthy diet is to practice a diet similar to the Mediterranean diet.
This is what such a diet should include.
- Fresh vegetables and fruits , greens – about 500 grams per day;
- Nuts;
- Berries;
- Lean legumes;
- Lean meat and poultry;
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- Fatty sea fish, seafood;
- Unrefined vegetable oils;
- Whole grain cereals and breads;
- Dairy or fermented milk products.
A healthy diet also involves eating fermented foods.
According to Mikhaleva , the so-called Western diet leads to the emergence of nutrition-related diseases – a diet in which there are very few natural products and home-cooked food, and the majority are products of the food industry.
“This also includes sweet dairy products (yogurt, cocktails), vegetable “milk”, to which sugar is often added, industrial drinks in the form of teas (contain the same amount of sugar as sweet soda), energy drinks, juices, coffee with syrup , which many often buy on the way to work,” the specialist added.
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote that improper consumption of fat leads to the death of pancreatic cells, gastroenterologist Sergei Vyalov spoke about this.
Important! Information is provided for reference purposes. Ask a specialist about contraindications and side effects and under no circumstances self-medicate. At the first signs of illness, consult a doctor.
