Is it healthy to eat the same thing every day? – GOOD SHAPE

Preparing food on Sunday and ensuring the week’s lunchbox is a good strategy to ensure healthier meals and even spend less on the street. But, often, there is not much variety and the same foods are consumed every day, either out of practicality or habit. Now, is it healthy to eat the same thing every day? Find out below.

IS IT HEALTHY TO EAT THE SAME THING EVERY DAY?

As much as that joker food makes you satisfied, it’s not healthy to eat the same thing every day.

“When we consume the same foods every day, we are not offering our body the diversity of nutrients necessary for the healthy and proper functioning of our organism”, explains Fabrício Ribeiro, a nutritionist member of the Brazilian Association for the Study of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome ( ABESO).

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF EATING THE SAME THINGS EVERY DAY?

For the nutritionist, the main objective – and the benefit – of eating the same things every day is practicality, since you can reserve a little time in your schedule to prepare the week’s food at once and organize meals.

“It is a habit that makes everyday life easier, but there is an implicit risk of low nutritional diversity, food monotony and boredom when eating”, he comments.

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WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF EATING THE SAME THINGS EVERY DAY?

According to Fabrício, the risk of eating the same things every day is to end up adopting a diet with low nutritional quality.

“If you consume chicken daily for lunch or dinner, it is possible that you will not have all the benefits of omega 3 in the body, since only the most fatty fish are a source of fatty acid”, exemplifies the expert.

Therefore, it is best to have variety in meals, to ensure the intake of all types of nutrients.

WHAT ARE THE TIPS TO MAINTAIN AN IDEAL FOOD ROUTINE?

The nutritionist’s main tip for having a healthy and balanced diet is to unite practicality with diversity. For this, Fabrício shares some practical tips:

1

Consume different fruits

Try to consume seven different fruits weekly, separating two of them per day.

two

Vary the rice and beans

Swap for wholegrain pasta, cassava, cassava, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, yams, etc.

3

Always change the protein

For example: Monday, meat; Tuesday, chicken; Wednesday fish and Thursday some vegetarian protein such as tofu, chickpeas and soy.

“The most important thing is to offer daily healthy foods with the greatest possible variety for our body”, concludes the nutritionist.