Healthy Feeding in Summer: generalities

Our activity in the summer changes dramatically, this is because a lot of factors that directly affect the way we cook and eat: holidays, warmth, friends, outings, parties, the beach, etc make our diet is different to other times of the year.As already mentioned, there are a lot of factors that alter our way of cooking, with the heat and enjoy the holidays more fresh foods and are more street and less in the kitchen. Schedules to be more relaxed make us go to bed later and later also rise up, but not have to skip breakfast: The contribution of carbohydrates, calcium and vitamins no more waking up is very important. A glass of milk, a slice of olive oil with tomato or fruit juice, yogurt and cereals provide everything you need to start your day off right.Meals, excursions, snacks and dinner.MEALSLighter foods and drinks is what we seek to mealtime. The cooked, roasted or spicy foods are heavy in summer. We are also less time in the kitchen making cooking fast food more affordable for this well composed salads and lean meats and grilled fish are highly recommended. Vegetables provide many vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber. They also are often taken as gazpacho or fresh vichisoisse as are most desirable and others contribute to the above mentioned, great contribution of fluid we need to restore the moisture balance to lose heat. Fresh fruit offered this season is the most recommended, in addition to its rich and varied taste, brings a wealth of vitamins, minerals, water, fiber and antioxidants.Ice cream is one of those desserts that most took in summer, it should be noted that the ice creams bring water and sugar, and ice cream that provide protein and calcium. Enjoy ice cream is a good resource to beat the heat.The same can be transferred to the restaurant, dishes that are nutritious but light are best suited for summer.
EXCURSIONS
Meals easy to take, varied and refreshing is the most suitable. A very nutritious option is a good salad mixed vegetables: tomato, lettuce, cucumber, bell pepper, carrot, onion, olives, capers, asparagus, etc.., Which can be enriched with cheese, egg, chicken, ham or tuna with chopped fresh fruit like apple, kiwi, pineapple, mango or even nuts like walnuts or dried fruit like raisins or prunes. Also pasta salads, rice or vegetables come very well.A good sandwich bread with chicken, pork, tuna, cheese, ham, or potato omelette, are an adequate intake of protein in our diet. The bread can also be very varied: white or brown bread, seed, comprehensive mold, bread dog or hamburger type ... to do less routine exits.When we do barbecues, you better choose lean meats, firm fish such as turbot, halibut, monkfish and dogfish (the most fragile meat, best grilled) and prioritize vegetables (zucchini, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, etc. .).SNACKA snack to take away the itch of the afternoon until dinner should be light but satiating power. A dairy (milk, yogurt, cheese ...), cereal (crackers, toast ...) and a fruit will help us get to dinner with counting energy that are elongated in summer afternoons and dinners are later . For children fruit smoothies or chocolate and a snack yoghurt drinks are always well received by its color and flavor, so you can alternate with milk. Here, apart from hydrate, are of high nutritional value, and provide the calcium and milk proteins added calorific value mainly depends on the amount of fat and added ingredients such as chocolate, sugar, sweeteners, fruits, cereals , etc.DINNER
The dinner must be light but good company. In the summer you can eat dinner pasta and soups, grilled fish ... must be light and tasty.

Preparing fruits and vegetables adequately

Fruits and vegetables are the foods we put into our food and we usually eat often raw. Small organisms that are not seen, so it is necessary to manipulate the best way to not harm our health. This entry attempts to explain various steps we can take in our kitchen to eat healthy ...


The first major step is to wash all products in drinking water. Even fruits and vegetables with skins, such as bananas and oranges, should be washed to remove bacteria, pesticides or insects.It is desirable to soak the fruits and vegetables. Water can dissolve some nutrients, such as vitamin C.One of the best ways to prepare fruits and vegetables is to steam, because that vitamins do not have direct contact with the water.Vitamins better support high temperatures for short time at low temperatures for a prolonged period of cooking, so cooking in pressure cooker is a good method.Always preferable baking or, in case of cooking and to avoid losing the nutritional properties of the vegetables, without pelar.Otra best option cook vegetables without cooking them to lose their nutritional properties to the wrapper is roast , wrapping them in foil lightly sprayed with olive oil.Roasted vegetables grilled or broiled considerably lose their vitamins while enhancing flavor.To boil fresh vegetables use minimal amount of water and cut into chunks, to better preserve the vitamins they have.There are desirable terms recalentamientos.En fruit, the best way is to take nutritional eating it raw.To preserve fruits is essential to keep them in a cool place, preferably in the refrigerator. Do not be frozen.Neither should be stored for long periods of time because most fruits lose much of their properties, including vitamins. To this rule there is an exception: the plums increase its vitamin C during ripening.Canned significantly increase the sugar content. However, they retain almost all other properties except vitamin C, which is lost by heat.