Healthy Lifestyle

In order to keep a healthy lifestyle it is advisable
 to keep a slow pace of life without stress, regular 
physical workouts, relaxation exercises or activities,
 good breathing, good sleep patterns and motivational, 
creative  or spiritual goals in our life will make our life 
more armonious, mindful and fulfilling such as the best 
seller Eat, Pray and Love by Elizabeth Gilbert proclaims. 
Besides finding inspiration to fulfill our life with our life-long
 dreams we can also take into account the way and what we
 eat daily. We can adopt some advices or a diet from a wide 
array of them. We have avoid extreme dieting measures that 
could lead us to lose something else apart from weight such 
as protein only diet, very low calorie diets (VCLD) or dietary 
aids such as laxatives, water loss tablets or amino acid pills.

There are also many myths or old wives tales in relationship 
with food that may be partly true and false, thus there is a list 
of ten myths debunked, the 10 myths are the following:

1. Fried foods rise heart disease risk: After a study released by
 the British Medical Journal studied more than forty thousand 
Spaniards over 11 years and their fried food intake daily and 
the researchers found out that their death rates did not correlate
 with their regular consumption of oil or sunflower.

2. Raw is better than cooked: Researchers at the Institute
of Nutritional Science in Germany found out that a raw
food diet was linked to lower risk of cancer and cardiovascular
conditions but it is confirmed also that cooked food increases
 the human neurons and brain activity and protects us from 
diseases and infections in food. Meanwhile steaming or boiling
vegetables such as cabbage, spinachs, etc. increases antioxidants
like carotenoids and ferulic acids. So a good balance of raw
cooked food ratio will be better for us.

3. Nutrient-deficiency cravings: craving some particular foods 
do not indicate we need them because our body has deficiency
 of them, instead it is related with social and emotional reasons.

4. Organic food are better than regular food: Organic food is 
cultivated without pesticides and food additives which is an 
asset to their nutrients. However, the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine has examined organic and conventional 
food for the last fifty years and has found out that there were 
no significant differences.

5. Eggs make a fast increase in your cholesterol: eggs contain
very Little saturated fat (1.5 grams per egg) and no trans-fat 
which both  are considered bad cholesterol (Low Density Lipoprotein
 LDL) and more High Density Low or HDL (the good) cholesterol 
apart from proteins, vitamins and other beneficial nutrients, so we
should not skip this savoury ingredient from our daily récipes.

6. Drinking milk is essential for strong bones: even though dairy
 products contain calcium it can be found also in dark-green 
vegetables and sunflower oil, sardines, shellfish… besides and
vitamin K and Magnesium found in almonds, oatmeal, potatoes, etc.
make our bones stronger too.

7. Low fat foods are better for your health: it is the trendy label
 of most food found in the supermarkets but a moderate consumption
 of good-fats items such as dried fruits, fish, olives, meat, eggs and so
 on are vital for the body tissue regeneration specially for
 elderly people,children, teenagers, athletes, pregnant women
 and overall adults. In addition to this most of low fat products 
replace fat with sugar and sodium and are high in refined 
carbohydrates.

8. Alcohol cooks away when added to a dish: a study of the USA 
agriculture department has proved that different percentages of 
alcohol remain in the dish after being cooked, in higher or lower
 levels depending of the cooking method, the lowest found in meals
 baked or simmered for a minimum of 1.5 hour retain from 10 to 5 
per cent alcohol at the end.

9. Light or low calorie sodas: there are a lot of fizzy drinks that are 
very trendy now as low calorie and consumers feel easy now to drink 
more of them because of their neutral or healthier option regarding 
the usual soda and fizzy sugary drinks. But this can be harmful too 
as the consumers overindulge themselves drinking more light drinks,
 apart from the chemicals added instead of sugar to make them sweet
 too, eventually both reasons can make more harm than benefits to 
the gullible (crédulo) consumer.

10. Wooden cutting boards are a nest for bacteria: knives use to cut 
the wood in tiny multiple cracks where dirt and bacteria from raw
food, fish, etc. can contaminate other food. Fortunately after a study 
at the University of California proved that the natural properties of wood 
filter the dirt inside where no longer multiplies and diez.

These are just few advices and we are grateful you have read them till here and we encourage you to add more tips in order to achieve a healthier life and pay a
 visit to any park, countryside, gym or spa nearby.