To be Slim, Ensuring Food Combinations

In fact, awareness of Indonesian people to eat healthy already awake. Research results Unilever Food Solutions are packaged in a report entitled "World Menu Report: Seductive Nutrition" shows that 80 percent of Indonesian consumers want healthier menu options.

Unfortunately, the respondents also said that eating a more healthful is usually more expensive (58 percent), lack the appetite (47 percent), and filling (45 percent). Wanted, a healthy diet also includes several other criteria: the portions ample, it feels good, even the name must be appetizing.

Because of these difficulties, consumers eventually returned to his old habits: eating snacks outside without thinking about the impact of health.

"The term 'you are what you eat' is becoming more and more true. Therefore, think before you eat because of the impact is going to happen afterwards. If only we knew that what we have done for many years there was a health impact," said Emilia E. Achmadi MS, an expert in food and nutrition, when talk at Menara Duta Annex Building, Kuningan, Jakarta, Wednesday (23/1/2013) ago.

According to Emilia, the most concern to the public is a matter of weight. Most people love to eat but do not want to be fat. Sometimes they feel jealous why anyone would eat a lot, but she still skinny. In fact, the body is thin does not mean healthy. Owner thin body is also prone to various diseases like heart attacks, diabetes, kidney failure, or arthritis.

There are many misconceptions that occur in the community. "Many people think that diabetes was (illness) diabetes alone. Fact, any disease related," said Emilia. For example, when obesity is likely we will develop diabetes. Diabetes is not treated immediately will lead to kidney failure, amputation, or blindness. In addition, strokes, heart attacks, cancer, and others.

To control your diet, according to nutritionist Sehati community, the key is not to eliminate food. You just need to know when and how to combine foods.

"When I eat steak, choose the first cut, because the fat content of each cut is different. Tenderloin, sirloin or rib-eye? Then, cut it do not ask for a 350 grams. For adults, 150 grams is enough," said Emilia . You also do not need to add butter on top of his steak. "I am already eating rice, potatoes try omitted. Choose vegetables only to mate."

Same thing when you want to eat pasta. Between the pasta with carbonara sauce, bolognaise, or aglio olio, which the fewest calories? You might think pasta aglio olio, which uses olive oil. Apparently not.

"The least amount of calories that bolognaise sauce, about 350-400 calories. Aglio olio If it still depends on how much oil is used, and it can be 600 calories. Serving of pasta carbonara get 1200 calories. If you still want to eat, it is okay. But eating sharing alone, and a portion was arrested a little, "he said.

On top of it all, Emilia insists that we keep balance between energy in and energy out. Thus, do not be lazy to move, aka sports. "Variations (food), balance (nutritional), and physical activity, it is important," he said.