Health: "A maximum of one glass of alcohol per day '

For the men there is bad news. The recommended alcohol consumption is for them because adjusted downward from two glasses at most one glass of alcohol per day. Nothing to drink, is best. For women, the recommended alcohol consumption was more than one glass per day.

A bite-sized research, so we can dietary guidelines which were presented Wednesday actually call by the Health Council. The #healthy people in our country knew the course long, but also the Health now is: you can eat better as a more vegetable and less animal diet. This would lead to health gains.

Rather no alcohol

The Health Council recommends more fruits and vegetables, whole grain products, legumes, nuts and fish to eat to prevent disease. This would eating red and processed meat, salt and alcohol should be limited.

Dairy produce

Remarkably gives the new dietary guidelines that dairy consumption average can remain the same. This while MA medicine Leth Wednesday in The Telegraph says that he was hoping for advice to consume less cow's milk. According to him, we the minerals we get from dairy can also get from other foods. The Committee sees from a health perspective, however, no reason for a change of this consumption (around 390 grams for men and 325 grams for women, research by VCP of 2007-2010).

The advice in brief

This you should not eat

    Refined grains (cookies, white bread, white rice, white pasta, etc.).
    Butter / margarine hard
    Unfiltered coffee
    Red meat and processed meat (restrict intake)
    Sugary drinks (minimal)
    Alcohol (max. One glass per day)
    Salt (max. 6 grams per day)
    Dietary supplements, unless you get a supplementation advice

This like you

    200 grams of vegetables per day
    200 grams of fruit per day
    90 grams of brown bread, whole wheat bread or other whole grains
    Weekly food legumes
    At least 15 grams of unsalted nuts per day
    Single servings of dairy (yogurt, milk)
    Once a week of fish (preferably oily fish)
    Three cups of tea per day
    Soft margarine, liquid shortenings and vegetable oils.
    Filtered coffee

metronieuws.nl/ by Daisy Heyer / Photo: ANP