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Food Pyramid
According to this guide there are four food groups, all groups are equally important and can not be replaced. It is not recommended to lose more than 2 pounds a week (about 1 kilo), with a balanced diet usually lose ½ pound to 2 pounds per week (14 grams to 0.9 kg).
Your daily menu must include the number of servings recommended for your level of physical activity. As explainedlater. You decide the foods you eat and how you cook.
Levels of the Pyramid: Food Groups
First level
It is the base of the pyramid, these foods come from grains. Provide carbohydrates and other vital elements. Here are pasta, corn (tortillas) cereals, rice, and bread and so on. It is preferable not consumed in refined form. For example, white flour is refined and has the same nutritional value ofraw flour.
Second Level
Here are the plants, vegetables and fruits. Are rich in fiber, vitamins and minerals. They should eat 3 to 5 servings of vegetables each day and 2 to 4 servings of fruit.
Third Level
At this level there are two groups, milk and dairy products and meat and beans. Here are dairy foods such as yogurt, milk and cheese. There is also the group of proteins such as chicken,fish, beans, lentils, eggs, and nuts. Are rich in essential minerals like calcium and iron and protein. The ideal is to eat 2 to 3 servings of these foods daily.
Fourth level
The tip of the pyramid, this means that this group should not eat much. Fats, oils, desserts and sweets are here. Cream, soft drinks (sodas), cakes, pastries, fatty dressings and drinks rich in sugars. These foods do notprovide while we love almost no nutrients to our body but are rich in calories
Humans, like all other living things need water also are vital, varied and balanced diet that is essential for life. A proper diet should contain adequate amounts of protein, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. The basis of good nutrition is in the balance, variety and moderation in our food. But the modern urbandiet is often unbalanced, unstructured and often together with an increasingly sedentary life.
As early as 2400 years ago, they knew the relationship between diet and health: Hippocrates said that our food was our medicine. It is well known that dietary factors are associated with diseases such as diabetes, osteoporosis, overweight, obesity, hypertension, heart attack, stroke, some cancers andmore. The intake of too much saturated fatty acids and cholesterol can cause atherosclerosis. In contrast, in the twentieth century demonstrated the link between food shortages and serious illness. These different forms of malnutrition are still, even now, public health problems

Power in Europe:
Too much fat in the European diet


Olive oil is an essential ingredient of the Mediterraneandiet and one of the leaders that Europeans eat less fatty 'trans-hydrogenated fats more harmful than saturated fats, which U.S. citizens. However, with regard to saturated fats, the situation is reversed and the Europeans do not show as healthy habits, as their daily intake exceeds recommended levels.

This is what emerges from a report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in order toevaluate the effects of two types of fats on health. In Europe, taken daily between 0.5% and 2% fatty acids 'trans', a figure that is also declining in many countries.

But the downside is that Europeans eat saturated fat levels between 10.5% and 18%, when health authorities recommend that the daily consumption does not exceed 10%, to reduce the risk of heart disease. The countries mostmoderate in the intake of saturated fats are the southern ones, among which is Spain.

For its part, the Americans act in reverse and consume an average of 2.6% of trans fat per day, according to the U.S. Food and Drug (FDA), but the percentage of saturated fats that are taken is less than in Europe and between 10% and 13%.

Both saturated fats and hydrogenated fats or fatty acids 'trans'...