Women over 40 should not eat foods like cakes or pastries, says famous Russian nutritionist Mikhail Ginzburg.
In an interview, Ginsburg explained that a commercially produced cake or pastry is a confectionery product that is high in fat and sugar. Only a very healthy and strong body with a good metabolism can digest such products without any special consequences.
According to Mikhail Ginzburg, it is better for women over 40 to give up such products once and for all. At this age, the female body undergoes specific physiological changes that increase its predisposition to excess weight. Fast refined foods are absorbed worse and worse, significantly affecting the growth of adipose tissue.
“Too fatty and sugary foods can stimulate the exacerbation of chronic diseases and lead to excess weight,” Ginzburg said of cakes at this age. cakes – especially with existing hypertension, atherosclerosis, prediabetes (in diabetes – of course).
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In addition, the doctor advised not to give cakes to children. The expert said that industrial cakes and pastries may contain undesirable components – for example, processed palm oil, harmful to blood vessels and the heart. His arguments were published by URA.Ru.
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Earlier, the portal MedikForum.ru wrote that women with age need to eat more foods with carotenoids. 
Mikhail Ginzburg Healthy lifestyle director of the Samara Research Institute Dietology and Diet Therapy, Doctor of Medical Sciences