Article: What are balanced meals?
What are balanced meals?
BALANCED MEALS
By dint of doing all the possible and imaginable diets, we often find ourselves experiencing a yoyo effect. Let's take a look at what a balanced meal represents by looking at the different meals of the day.
BREAKFAST
Breakfast is an essential meal to integrate into your day: it precedes morning activities that require concentration and physical energy. Which makes it the most important meal of the day.
This meal should include at least:
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A hot drink (tea, coffee) without white sugar,
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A cereal product (bread, cereals),
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A dairy product (cottage cheese or yoghurt 0%).
OWARI Council
You can add a portion of seasonal fruit or a few tablespoons of compote with no added sugar to your cottage cheese, a small teaspoon of butter or jam on your two slices of bread.
You will tell us: “I like croissants or other pastries...”.
They are not prohibited but must be consumed on an exceptional basis. You will see that you will appreciate this little pleasure all the more on Sunday mornings, for example.
This meal is important, it is the one that will allow you to refuel for the rest of your day. To be balanced, these meals must consist of:
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A cereal product (rice, pasta, potatoes, pulses, bread, etc.),
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A portion of vegetables (raw and/or cooked, mixed or not) or a soup,
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A portion of protein (meat, fish, egg),
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A source of fat (the knob of butter on your pasta or the cc of vinaigrette in the salad),
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A dairy product (cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese 0%),
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A portion of fruit (fresh or cooked).
DINNER
This meal is composed identically to lunch but must be lighter or less quantified. To be balanced, these meals must consist of:
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A cereal product (rice, pasta, potatoes, pulses, bread, etc.),
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A portion of vegetables (raw and/or cooked, mixed or not),
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A portion of protein (meat, fish, egg),
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A source of fat (the knob of butter on your pasta or the cc of vinaigrette in the salad),
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A dairy product (cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese 0%),
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A portion of fruit (fresh or cooked).
THE SNACK
The snack must be thought out during your breakfast for the 10 a.m. snack and during your lunch for the 4 p.m. snack so as not to throw yourself on anything when you feel a bit peckish.
The snack can have the same composition as breakfast, namely: a drink, a cereal product, a dairy product, a fruit and, optionally, a source of fat or a sweet product.
You now have a clear idea of what a balanced meal is. Keep in mind that the food balance is done over a week.
It is also important to diversify and vary your menus as much as possible so as not to get tired of eating the same thing again and therefore fall for fast food that will jeopardize your week of efforts.
Eating a balanced diet does not mean not eating, on the contrary it simply means eating well. Add to your balanced diet your two cups morning and evening of your Slim'Tea OWARI cure and you will see your pounds fly away (be careful, this does not happen overnight, it takes patience and rigor in the efforts you undertake).
OWARI Council
To learn how to quantify your meals, use the same plate at each meal and thus dose your plate which includes ¼ of starches, ¼ of meat or fish and ½ of vegetables. Thus, you can be sure to have the most complete and balanced plate possible.
