December 04, 2011

Healthy Eating Facts



Another point of view in an effort to maintain your perfect health is the concept of slow food. It is well known that certain fast food can be harmful to our health. Despite the convenience and economic values, expand the fast food in certain should be responsible for a lot of deterioration of health, such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity and heart disease. These findings are backed by endless research and studies, the development of foods are still on the road.


Consume fast food has become a tradition in this super busy modern world. Home cooking becomes a waste of time, practical and is left to the elderly should do this for the good old time. At the end of the day people can forget that in reality it is much more beneficial for our home health. Fortunately there are many people that is still cause for concern about the importance of home cooking or slow cooking. They are those people who are concerned about the health of their families.


Thanks to Carlo Petrini, an Italian who start a war against fast food in 1986, through an organization called the slow food movement. As its slogan is a clean, safe and healthy, its very purpose-re-encourage people to cook at home and home made healthy meals in their family.


The slow food movement at this time has become a global organization with specific missions in every country around the world. One of his tasks is to promote healthy foods local each country using natural products, food and avoid the use of preservatives or chemicals.


I think most families still do the cooking at home, and dine out once in a while. I also think that hypertension is very low in these types of families, unless all members of the family does not eat at home. The role of a mother and housewife becomes paramount. She should be able to collect all family members at the dining table to enjoy cooking healthy homemade, which she prepared with love and care. preparing home made dishes actually is not an easy task. Requires knowledge of healthy food ingredients and the effort to buy and select ingredients in traditional markets, or directly from the farmer. Here are some directions on how to prepare healthy foods at home as recommended by the slow movement: 




[1].a Set of fresh materials should be given priority. Buy them in the traditional market or directly from the farmers. The traditional market for fresh food, the shortest in the distribution channel. Our body needs fresh food ingredients, which are just or recently harvested. Cannot save the vegetables overnight, in the absence of parking stalls are generally not equipped with freezers to keep them fresh.


[2]-on the other hand, there is a large possibility that vegetables sold in supermarkets is held for quite a long time, even for a week. This will decrease the nutritional value of vegetables. This also applies for fresh meat and fish.


[3]-When buying fresh ingredients in traditional markets, you need to know about the use of dangerous and illegal preservatives as formalin and the use of prohibited Food dyes


[4]-Replace instant use of spices and mono monosodium glutamate (MSG) with a crisp, such as onion, garlic, onions, celery, ginger, white pepper and sesame oil.


[5] – you can prepare Your homemade  "instant spices " by freezing Your spices are blended in ice trays or put them in plastic bags of food grade. You can then use it as necessary and keep the rest in the fridge.


Okay, concluded that this slow food concept and good tradition. Home made cooking, enjoy as I do, in fact a good contribution to health. Choose what to eat, there is a need for what exactly components to your discretion. Are the other benefits you might provide many bucks when cooking at home and at the same time avoiding temptation bad food outside. Isn… Don't they?

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