During this pandemic, we are required to maintain a healthy body, starting from maintaining sleep patterns to maintaining a healthy diet.
Any food and drink that enters the body can affect the body's ability to prevent, against, and recover from infection, you know!
You need to know the intake below in order to increase immunity, especially during a pandemic. Listen, of!
Variety of food
Every day you are encouraged to eat a mixture of whole grains such as oats, corn, and rice, nuts, as well as plenty of food and vegetables. Do not forget, complete with some foods from animal sources such as meat, fish, egg, and milk, of!
You can also choose whole grain foods like unprocessed corn, millet, oat, wheat, and brown rice.
These food ingredients are rich in valuable fiber which can provide a feeling of fullness for longer. As for snacks, choose raw vegetables, fresh fruit, and unsalted nuts.
Reduce salt
For steps reduce salt, better you need to limit your salt intake to 5 grams per day, or the equivalent of one teaspoon.
When cooking, use a little salt and reduce the use of salty sauces and seasonings such as soy sauce, broth, or fish sauce.
If you want to eat canned or dry food, select the type of vegetables, nuts, and fruits, without the addition of salt and sugar.
Remember, check labels on foods and choose products with lower sodium content, of!
Nah, for those of you who want to add flavor, the use of salt in cooking can be replaced with fresh or dry herbs and spices.
Limit use of butter and oil
For this step, food health, soy, sunflower, or corn oil for cooking.
It is recommended to cook by steaming or boiling, then avoid foods that are processed by roasting or frying, containing trans fats and manufactured products.
For milk, choose low-fat milk and dairy products. As for meat, choose white meats such as poultry and fish, which are generally low in fat, of red meat. Remove fat from meat and limit your consumption of processed meats.
Limit sugar
You can start limiting sugary foods and drinks such as soft drinks, fruit juice, energy drink, tea and coffee ready to drink, also flavorful milk.
You can avoid sweet snacks such as biscuits, cake, and chocolate. Also make sure that desserts are low in sugar and consume them in small portions, of!
Plain water
You can replace sweet drinks with water, you know as a simple way of limiting your intake of sugar and excess calories.
Avoid alcohol
You need to know that alcohol is not part of a healthy diet.
Drinking alcohol will not protect the body from COVID-19, it can even harm the body.
Risk of liver damage, cancer, heart disease, and mental illness can occur if you consume alcohol frequently.
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