Harvard reverses the nutritional pyramid

For years, in the field of medicine and nutrition, the nutritional pyramid was used to indicate which staple foods were used and which, in greater numbers, were due or could be eaten to adopt a balanced diet.

In this paradigm, carbohydrates had the most important role.

However, new studies have concluded that this pyramid would not be the best way to organize the daily diet if you want to have a healthy diet.

There are already many specialists who follow and recommend the Harvard Dish model.

What is it? Let's See The Healthy Eating Plate, created by nutrition experts from the Harvard School of Public Health and editors of Harvard Health Publications, is a guide to creating healthy and balanced meals, that they are served in a plate or packaged. The snack or lunch.

Specialists recommend placing a copy of this dish on the refrigerator door to remind you daily how to prepare healthy and balanced meals.

The goal is to combat the serious epidemic of overweight and obesity that affects developed countries and is badociated with the development of noncommunicable diseases such as certain types of cancer, diabetes or cardiovascular problems.

How it works Most of the dish is filled with fruits and vegetables. These foods should be in 50% of the dish. Potatoes in all their forms are out of this group.

Water is the only drink recommended for daily fluid consumption, unlike the nutritional pyramid where an optional and moderate consumption of alcohol represented by a glbad of wine and beer is envisaged.

Carbohydrates lose their importance, occupying only a quarter of the plate. Refined and processed foods disappear from the scene. Cereals must be whole because they satisfy more.

Milk and dairy products should be further limited. If there were 2 or 3 servings a day in the pyramid, 1 or 2 servings are recommended in the Harvard dish. This means that they are not even represented in the drawing.

In addition, protein sources change, which also requires only a quarter space on the plate: fish, poultry, legumes and nuts are given priority, and red meat is subtracted.

The ultra-transformed disappear, which crowns the food pyramid, such as sweets, sweets, saturated fats and salty snacks. This is perhaps the most difficult part to achieve.

Finally, fats are admitted, but in minimum quantity and underline the importance of their quality. It seems that their presence in the regime is more necessary than some believe. This means yes to olive oil, limit it to margarine and not to trans fatty acids.