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tours FOOD: Label nutrition and healthy eating tips

Los alimentos envasados deben cumplir con diferentes normas legales, como por ejemplo, el rótulo nutricional con información acerca de las propiedades de los alimentos.

La Licenciada en Nutrición, María Celina Luque, asesora de la Subsecretaría de Defensa del Consumidor de la Nación, nos explica los diferentes términos y nos aconseja sobre alimentación saludable.

¿Qué son las grasas totales, las saturadas y las trans?

The term "total fat" refers to the total amount of fat that provides a food or food product or a portion thereof, in whole or in grams per serving, and sometimes as a percentage of daily value. That represents how many grams of total fat contributed by the food or product cover the recommended daily allowance of fat. The

saturated fat are those that by their chemical composition are solid at room temperature, in general it is all animal fats (from dairy products, meats, etc) are atherogenic fat (capacity deposited on artery walls) and excess in consumption produces alterations and pathologies cardiovascuales.

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unsaturated fats (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated) are vegetable oils that are liquid at room temperature and are known as "good fats" for good performance in protecting the walls of the circulatory system.

Then there are the trans fats are those unsaturated that industrial process "hydrogenized" and become more atherogenic than saturated fats raise cholesterol and circulatory attacking. Are useful for industry because they are very stable product with better conservation and texture

Is it advisable for children to consume these fats?. Which foods are in greater quantities?

If it is necessary that children and everyone eat all kinds of fats, but in just measure, cholesterol is a very important nutrient and even more so in children, colostrum or 1, breast milk is high in cholesterol because the child needs. The problem is excess.

Which of these fats should avoid people with high cholesterol?

People with high cholesterol should avoid saturated fats and trans fats and consume unsaturated vegetable oils that provide essential fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins that the body does not produce

Better that children consume regular soda or light?

is better for children to consume water and juices, depends if an obese or predisposed to it than eat light, but be careful that their consumption does not exceed the acceptable daily intake of artificial sweeteners.

Does saccharin, cyclamate, etc. long term is it harmful to health?

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depends on not to exceed the acceptable daily intake. If you respect this, not harmful. Everyone has different sweetening power, for that reason, some should be used in greater quantities than others. In the signs of food with these sweeteners contained "food and drink diet or special regimes" and should note if saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, etc.