Folk wisdom says all our diseases of the nerves. But we would add - and from malnutrition. Our heal

Folk wisdom says all our diseases of the nerves. But we would add - and from malnutrition. Our health depends on what we eat, but not all give this special meaning. On what should be the correct diet, how to build it in children in Belarus where to find a "healthy" foods and when the country appears healthy eating concept, reporter learned from talking with the head of the nutrition department of the Scientific and Practical Center of the National studio 7 Academy of Sciences studio 7 of Belarus Food Cand Ludmila Melnikova.
Ludmila, tell us about the basic principles of healthy eating. These rules differ for different age groups? - Basic principles of a balanced diet developed by the World Health Organization. Five of them, and according to them the power must be reasonable, balanced in essential nutrients, quadruple, each meal provides a relatively small amount of food, varied and nutritious. The latter principle is emphasized. The main thing here - the daily consumption of fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs. studio 7 These principles are universal, and if they comply, then all groups have a chance to avoid problems with excess weight. If we talk about the norms of physiological needs in nutrients and energy, they are of course different for men and women, children and adolescents. - According to statistics, last year, nearly 30 percent of Belarusians are suffering from obesity. This problem is particularly relevant with respect to children and youth. What are ways to solve it you see? - Childhood obesity is quite urgent problem because it leads to serious violations of both physical and mental health of the child. Teach children to eat healthy foods and get uneasy. In 2011-2012, under the state of the scientific studio 7 program "Baby Food" we explored the consumer studio 7 preferences of students when choosing foods. It turned out that the food tastes of teenagers from secondary schools in the city of Minsk - it's fast food, sweets, semi-deep studio 7 processing, sweet soda, energy drinks, chips. It is superimposed irregular meals, monotonous food, excess amounts of food, sedentary lifestyle in front of computer. As a result, an increase in the number of children with obesity. studio 7 Past surveys of parents show that only 10 percent of them are aware that nutrition has a major impact on health, and instill a culture of healthy eating to the younger generation. So that children grow up healthy, primarily the parents must learn to eat right and teach their children. Careful selection of products, well-organized diet, control of quantity and quality of food, stimulation of motor activity - it is the little that will help the child in the future be a healthy person. - What flavor tastes Belarusians? What products are most often consumed and what are malnourished? - Belarusians because their habits are used more than necessary, high-fat dairy and meat products. And more meat we eat is not in kind, and in the form of various sausages and sausages, which - 30-40 percent fat. Bread, rolls of high quality flour and potatoes in our diet is also unnecessary, but fruits, vegetables, herbs, cereals, studio 7 fish and seafood, studio 7 we are malnourished. Also, very sweet and love to accustom him children. In our diet is dominated by saturated animal fats and carbohydrates lungs. As a result, according to studies, Belarusians, especially teenagers and the elderly, studio 7 not only the lack of vitamins A, D, C, B1, B2, folic acid, but also dietary studio 7 fiber, polyunsaturated fatty acids, minerals such magnesium, calcium, iron, iodine, selenium. - In recent years it has become fashionable to give up eating meat and become a vegetarian or syraedam. Pros and cons of such foods that have contraindications? - Ambiguous relationship with vegetarianism even among specialists. studio 7 Definitely it can be argued that prolonged studio 7 use of strict vegetarianism, which prevents any kind of meat animals, birds, fish, seafood, milk and dairy products, eggs, over the years, leading to a dramatic shortage of iron, zinc, calcium, vitamins A, B2, B12, D, essential amino acids. Although the amount of iron, copper, zinc diets vegans may be sufficient, but the digestibility of plant foods is low. Even healthy people who are excluded from your diet all foods of animal origin may develop dysbiez, vitamin deficiencies and protein malnutrition. Given that vegetarianism can not provide an increased need for digestible calcium, in women during postmenapavzy and elderly people at high risk of developing osteoporosis. We also know that is easily digestible iron