Nutritionists and food experts have not stopped repeating it in recent years. Just because a food is high in fat and therefore high in calories does not automatically mean that it is harmful. In fact, there are foods that we consume regularly in Spain and provide a good handful of calories, such as nuts, whose consumption is beneficial for our body. It also happens with salmon, for example, one of the most fatty fish and rich in omega-3 acids, or with avocado, a tropical fruit that is a splendid source of heart-healthy fats.
This should be borne in mind before talking about foods that make you fat or lose weight. In reality, as the specialists affirm, we cannot assess in an isolated way the influence that a certain food has since our body is influenced by both the complete eating pattern and the physical exercise that we carry out throughout the day. In any case, it is true that, as explained by Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Navarra, in his book Salud a Ciencia surely. Tips for a healthy life (Planeta, 2018), that it is convenient to know which are the foods that most favor obesity and which ones prevent it.
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Nutritionists and food experts have not stopped repeating it in recent years. Just because a food is high in fat and therefore high in calories does not automatically mean that it is harmful. In fact, there are foods that we consume regularly in Spain and provide a good handful of calories, such as nuts, whose consumption is beneficial for our body. It also happens with salmon, for example, one of the most fatty fish and rich in omega-3 acids, or with avocado, a tropical fruit that is a splendid source of heart-healthy fats.
This should be borne in mind before talking about foods that make you fat or lose weight. In reality, as the specialists affirm, we cannot assess in an isolated way the influence that a certain food has since our body is influenced by both the complete eating pattern and the physical exercise that we carry out throughout the day. In any case, it is true that, as explained by Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Navarra, in his book Salud a Ciencia surely. Tips for a healthy life (Planeta, 2018), that it is convenient to know which are the foods that most favor obesity and which ones prevent it.
“It is a good idea to have lists of foods that lose weight and weight on hand. Simple messages are a good guide to move between the incessant bombardment of science-based books, diet, detox manuals, the secret tricks to lose weight from the stars that come out in magazines and press reports on studies that say one thing and others that affirm the opposite, “writes the prestigious epidemiologist, also a visiting researcher at the Harvard University School of Public Health.
Precisely, The New England Journal of Medicine, the bible of medical journals, published in 2011 what to date is the most robust study on the influence of eating patterns on weight gain and loss. The researchers who conducted it, also from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard University, analyzed the eating habits of more than 120,000 healthy men and women in the United States for more than two decades. The results confirmed what everyone knows: the people who gain the most weight are precisely those who consume the most unhealthy foods.
However, the scientists also ranked the foods that are most fattening and those that are most conducive to weight loss. Thus, at the top of the pyramid are French fries, followed by soft drinks, juices with added sugar, fast food such as hamburgers or kebabs, or processed meat. At the opposite extreme are water, yogurts, vegetables, nuts and fruit, which are not only a protective factor when gaining weight, but their consumption favors weight loss.