Vegetables help on digestion

While my father is reaching 100 kgs and because he is at an advanced age, he is giving me the opportunity of helping him to eat better. With "better" I mean having more meals, balanced meals with a more variety of foods. Right now I'm including vegetables everyday in main meals in order to facilitate my father's digestion. When my father is eating I notice he makes a big effort to eat and it made me understand that his effort is less when he eats vegetables.

In my point of view, the vegetables are the main group that cleans the body and helps the digestion, and facilitates the assimilation of food. If the person avoids vegetables on the main meals the person can have serious health problems and excess of weight will be just one of them. The main feature of the vegetables are their high content in fiber which are not only responsible for helping digestion but also the feeling of fullness that avoid person of eating more food. So if you need to lose weight, it is best to eat vegetables before the dish of proteins and carbohydrates so you feel less hungry when it's time to eat to eat the "dangerous" foods.

Finally, it doesn't matter if you want to lose or gain weight you should always eat vegetables. Not only for the fiber it contains but also for the necessary vitamins for the proper body functioning and its immunity.

Dried fruits are healthy fats

At the end of last century the dried fruits were considered a food which people need to be very careful as it containes too much fat. Well, in this century things haven't changed, they still have a lot of fat and of course you must be careful with them. The difference is, in this century it is known that the amount of fat in dried fruits are unsaturated, these means they can be an integral part of an healthy diet. In people who are overweight, they need to be very careful in the consumption of dried fruits as risk of increasing their weight.

The fat that is included in this type of food is mostly monounsaturated, a type of fat which contributes to the increasing of the good cholesterol. In addition to good fats, the dried fruits contain a high density of vitamins and minerals depending on the type of dried fruit.

To make your diet healthier you should include dried fruits, they replace saturated fats or trans. Reduce the meat portions and include dried fruits, adding nutrients from proteins to various vitamins and minerals.

BUT ATTENTION! Always keep in mind that you can overweight while eating dried fruits. A varied diet is the healthiest food there is.