Diet can be nutritionally balanced and reasonable

Some people thought that, with multi-vitamin tablets, calcium tablets, deep sea fish oil capsules, do not make good eating, do not worry about nutrition, not enough. Advertising agency to work in a Miss Liu is just thought. "I'm busy working day, often eating lunch outside a fast food ah what no nutrition at all." Miss Liu said that now every day and eat nutritional supplements to complement all of the supplements, the most important yes will not gain weight. "Though some people eat a lot of eating can not eat nutrients, as I do."

Nutritional supplements can not meet the required body

Is it really as Miss Liu said, taking a lot of nutritional supplements, on nutrition, and healthier?

People's Hospital of Henan Province, Chen Yongchun, director of nutrition, the answer is no. Nutrients needed by the body is divided into two categories: those in the food in the ratio of major and multiple requirements, including: carbohydrates, fats and protein. And those in need is relatively small, the proportion of food and fewer, known as micro-nutrients, including minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber. Simply taking nutritional supplements is mainly coupled with multi-vitamins are a number of minerals, although the human body a necessary but far from meeting human needs, because no amount of vitamins, minerals, also provided by a normal diet can not be replaced of protein and carbohydrates.

If the time is not good to eat, there will be insufficient energy intake. Over time, these people would appear insufficient thermal energy malnutrition, expressed as metabolic slow down, afraid of the cold Heat intolerance, hair thinning, weakened immunity, the body weight loss, early menopause, difficult pregnancy difficult infertility, osteoporosis, decreased work force, etc. .

Nutritional supplements make up the harmful effects of multi-multi -

Nutritional supplements make up more, endanger lot, especially the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), for example: excess vitamin A can cause loss of appetite, excitability, physical activity limitation, sparse hair, muscle stiffness, pruritus, headache, dizziness, etc.; excessive intake of vitamin D can cause headaches, anorexia, nausea, thirst, polyuria, fever, lethargy, soft tissue calcification, etc.; excessive intake of vitamin E can cause platelet aggregation, thrombosis, etc.; excessive taking B vitamins, can cause many problems, such as able to make the neurotoxic; taking too much vitamin C can cause stomach and intestinal dysfunction, may lead to oxalate and uric acid stones and so on. Therefore, if not for the purpose of disease treatment, but only enough for daily dietary supplement, then the vitamin and mineral supplements daily dose should not be too high. The best nutrition comes from food, some businesses through advertising to consumers to receive a vitamin into the errors that these nutritional supplements can add the necessary nutrients the human body, in fact, is wrong. The best nutrition should come from food, if we can from food intake to adequate nutrition, they do not have to take nutritional supplements of. For those too late to eat breakfast, lunch, they can not be guaranteed the group targeted for micronutrient supplement is worthy of promotion and support, but preferably under the guidance of a doctor taking. To understand the principle of taking nutritional supplements is a useful complement to the daily diet, rather than the principal, even the best nutritional supplements can not replace the standard diet, healthy life it is only a small supporting role on the stage.

Chen Yongchun said that the rational to add nutrients to be in three steps:

Step one: as much as possible to improve the recipe, in order to achieve a balanced diet. Can make use of microwave ovens, electric stove and other modern cooking to save time, you can read books, or consult a professional nutritionist to improve cognition.

Step two: choose to enforce in some countries, the norms fortified foods, such as iron fortified soy sauce, nutrients, adding calcium, iron and other elements of the fortification of wheat flour and so on, these methods are safe, but the cost is very low.

Step three: do need to add vitamins and trace elements who should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.