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There spring he finally knocked on our doors, letting his first rays of sunshine return to warm us after a long winter. However, it is in these weeks that we are feeling low on energy – it is no coincidence that the saying goes: “April, sweet sleep”. Fortunately, paying a little attention to the diet we can immediately regain strength to face our days.
The ideal nutrition for spring, reveals the dr. Corrado Pierantoni, specialist in Endocrinology and Replacement Diseases and clinical nutritionist in Lanciano (CH), foresees an abundance of those essential nutrients to give an energy discharge to our body and to fight fatigue, both physically and mentally. Very important, in this perspective, are the mineral salts: the magnesium helps to produce cellular energy and improves concentration, while the iron prevents anemia, a major cause of fatigue.
Our April diet should also be rich in B vitamins, particularly useful in case of energy shortage. We find them mainly in green leafy vegetables, cereals, legumes and red meat. The omega-3 fatty acidsfinally, they are excellent allies of the brain: they improve cognitive processes and increase brain function. These nutrients are mainly contained in seeds, nuts and fish.
With the arrival of spring, it is inevitable to start thinking about the too costume fitting. In fact, this is the time to recover from the small vices that we allowed ourselves during the winter, and since the gyms are still closed we just have to adopt a low-calorie diet. But what exactly is it about? We talked about it with Dr. Elisabetta Reggiani, biologist nutritionist, so as to clarify everything related to this diet.
The low-calorie diet is based on a simple principle: we must take in fewer calories than our daily requirement. In this way, the body is driven to burn fat deposits to draw energy and consequently the expected weight loss occurs. As for the foods to bring to the table, it is good to follow a varied and balanced diet, preferring the poorly processed products.
About diet, it is right to unhinge some false myths that portray it as a rigid diet where it is necessary to carefully control doses and calories, in order not to go astray and thus compromise the results achieved with difficulty. In fact, it is possible to lose weight by changing your eating habits without having to undergo difficult waivers to keep.
There Dr. Lucia Bacciottini, a nutrition biologist in Florence and author of the book The Happiness Diet, proposes a method to lose weight without becoming a slave to the scales. For a good result it is important to be constant over time, pay attention to the way we combine food and use the volumetric method. It is a system for change the proportions of nutrients, using large plates for vegetables, medium plates for carbohydrates and small plates for proteins.
