carbohydrate-rich, low carb, Atkins, paleo is a lot of people are seeing through the dieethypes in the forest no more.” A good diet is essential to a strong health and prevention of disease. However, the temptation at the grocery store and the train station can sometimes be hard to resist.
the Dutch are living longer: the average life expectancy is now 80 years for men and 83 years for women. Your body will benefit from good and varied, the food is generally well-known, but what is the diet for a long and healthy life?
Marian de van der Schueren, senior lecturer in Nutrition and Health at the University of applied sciences of Arnhem and Nijmegen (HAN), is concerned with the question of how to be a well-balanced diet, it can help to be fit and full of energy older.
The sense of urgency to get more of the food is huge, ” says van der Schueren. “It allows for the reduction of sickness absence and the reduction of chronic diseases at an older age, which make up the majority of the costs will be later in life. Therefore, it must have been from their childhood to be invested in good nutrition, healthy school canteens, not an advertising of sweets, a reward for a healthy lifestyle in the workplace, and it may be a grease, or suikertaks on unhealthy products.”
for More plant based and less animal-like,
The man’s body cannot live without protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. The correct proportions of these essential fuels and building materials are the foundation of a healthy diet. De van der Schueren: “People are always asking me: what’s good for me and what is bad for me? I’ll answer: nothing is good and nothing is bad at all, it’s going to be in the balance. The pyramid is the foundation.”
In 2016, came out with a revised version of the motor, based on the Nutritional Guidelines of the national Health council. It advocates for a more plant based and less animal-like diet, and less processed foods and less sugary drinks. Your body functions best in a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and less meat, plenty of dairy, a handful of unsalted nuts is a soft, fat, and moisture content.
overweight
and A very common result of an unhealthy diet and is overweight and more than one-half of the Dutch population is too fat. This leads often to health problems along with it.
“We’re in a obesogene agriculture and the consumption of high calorie foods, it is becoming increasingly easier. We are constantly influenced by the advertisements. The cheap, unhealthy products are often at eye-level, and are available in all areas. Every day, 100 calories, eat too much – a little more than a half of a slice of bread with toppings – the equivalent of five pounds of extra body weight in a year. The situation was so very, very much. In addition, we moved past a lot more. Now, we are in for the whole day. Hence, we burn fewer calories and are more dense.”
a Robot will give advice
How healthy or unhealthy a diet is, therefore, both in quality and quantity, to make one. In the elderly is malnutrition is relatively common: in the nursing homes receive about 20 to 25 percent are systematically too little of the nutrients, in the home care sector is 10% to 35%, depending on the level of care required. Van der Schueren is working on a project in which a robot is developed in which older people are going to support it in order to eat better, and longer workout. More than a year, a prototype will be produced.
“the Elderly are often lonely, have a very small network, and don’t really know what they’re eating,” says van der Schueren. “Nurses and caregivers often feel a sense of inadequacy when it comes to giving advice. We believe that a social robot, in addition to using diet and also, it may help to see the connection between all of the different health care professionals, because they are talking not with each other. No one has the full picture.”
a Tax on unhealthy products
as The van der Schueren relates both to the development of intelligent aids for the elderly, and the promotion of healthy food and a clean job for the government. “In most of the supermarkets have come to you today from inside the fruits – and-fruit bar, but not at the cash register, even though the bars are up for grabs. The Dutch prefer to buy cheap. Lean meat is more expensive than a big fat sausage.”
as more and more diseases can be treated better, and that means that the Dutch are becoming increasingly mature. According to van der Schueren, the challenge is now in the healthy aging process. “There would be much to be gained if there are any sort of prepensioencursus was focused on the question of how you yourself might contribute to healthy ageing.”
the National Wetenschapsagenda
want to know More about the science of healthy aging? Take a look at the website of the National Wetenschapsagenda.
