In the winter season, our body is under stress, so we eat more than we should. By leaning on food, we get extra calories, which are not so easy to get rid of, given the decrease in mobility during this period. To avoid unpleasant consequences, you need to intelligently approach the preparation of your winter diet.
- First of all, you need to cut down on your fat intake. Fatty meat should be excluded from the diet and replaced with lean meat - turkey, chicken, veal. It is better to forget about any sausages during this period.
- Vegetables will provide the necessary energy boost and balanced nutrition in winter. Salads from beets, carrots, cabbage, pumpkin and radish dishes will supply the body with nutrients and vitamins, but they should not be seasoned with mayonnaise, but with natural yogurt or olive oil with lemon juice.
- To maintain immunity, it is important to eat fruits such as bananas, figs, prunes, raisins, dates; dried fruit compote is very useful. If you want something sweet, it is better to give preference to honey or raisins, these products activate metabolism and are good for the heart and liver.
- Fractional nutrition is useful in that it will never allow you to get fat if you eat small portions 5-6 times a day, controlling the amount of calories. The approximate calorie content of the winter diet should not exceed 2000 kcal per day.
- To increase resistance to seasonal infections, it is recommended to replenish the diet with foods high in polyunsaturated fatty acids: fatty varieties of sea fish (mackerel, halibut, herring, salmon), nuts, seeds, legumes with the addition of vegetable oils. It is also possible to take pharmaceutical preparations containing omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
- In winter, we lose a lot of moisture due to artificial heating, this affects the general health and condition of the skin. To avoid dehydration, it is necessary to restore the loss of fluid with clean or mineral water. The norm for an adult is at least 1.5 liters of liquid per day.
