Spring diet: 5 essential foods
More than 50% of the express diets begin in the spring with the views set in the summer. Dr. Amaro, Nutrition specialist and Director of the Feel Good Clinic, recommends "a varied diet in which you can enjoy seasonal products, in order to avoid monotony in food and have new food inputs. beneficial in each season help to purify the body of unnecessary toxins and fats, "he says.
5 essential foods in your spring diet
But what foods should never be missed on a spring diet?
1. The strawberry. Strawberry season is considered from January to June and the benefits of a diet are multiple. It is very rich in vitamin C, B6 and folic acid and just adds 37 calories per 100 grams that are ingested, as it is composed of almost 85% water. It is a powerful antioxidant and a natural anti-inflammatory.
2. Cherries. Another essential fruit that has its time from the month of April to the month of July. They are very rich in antioxidants and an excellent source of vitamins among which is the A above all but also the C and E. Contains potassium, magnesium as minerals and folic acid ideal especially for the diet of women. They are known as food that helps brain health and in the prevention of memory loss. Eating cherries reduces the risk of diabetes, as well as being a good source of fiber for digestive health.
3. The leeks. A vegetable that has its maximum splendor from March to June. It has a high content of water and barely has fat and calories, being also one of the vegetables with the least carbohydrates. Ideal to incorporate it in broths and purees, in addition to accompanying it with other vegetables in light stews.
4. The carrot. Although its production is continuous, the months of April, May and June are those that are best enjoyed and where the best harvests occur. It is one of the key pieces in any diet, since in addition to being an antioxidant it is very depurative and drags the toxins that must be outside our organism. It is diuretic and highly satiating due to its fiber content, which makes it an ideal ally. And, in addition, it helps to tan in a balanced way.
5. Watercress. The last weeks of winter and the first weeks of spring until the middle of April become the best season for watercress. It has a great contribution of minerals such as iron and iodine, helping in addition to the cleansing of fats in the body. Very rich as an accompaniment to salads, it is tonic, refreshing and as we discussed before depurative. It helps reduce the sugar index in diabetics. Apart from its benefits for the diet, watercress is an incredible source of ocular nutrients such as vitamin A, beta-carotene, carotenoids, lutein and zeaxatin.
To this list you can add other foods that are also efficient for their properties and actively collaborate with the diet, such as apricot, which helps to reduce cholesterol, avocado, onion, zucchini, lettuce or Jewish.
How to accelerate fat loss with the spring diet
- It is imperative that physical exercise is combined with our diet if we want to help and accelerate the process of losing unnecessary fat and toxins. If no physical activity has been done during the last months and you want to start doing it with the beginning of the express diet in order to obtain visible results in a short time, you should consult the specialist.
- Mark some exercise guidelines that help us lose localized fat is not the same as combining exercise with diet for a person who is more than overweight and borders on obesity.
- Physical plans must be individualized and adapted by professionals for people with different levels and indices of body fat, in addition to other types of limitations due to age and circumstances.
According to Dr. Amaro "after a metabolic and personalized study should propose the right exercise to the needs of each, and assess whether the goal of slimming expressly is possible in each patient." Depending on the weight you want to lose and the established time is set a series of routines in which the background and current physical form of each person is valued.It is essential to do so to better control the basal metabolism and avoid the rebound effect, which is what is achieved with this method " , exposes.
And it is inevitable to associate diet with physical exercise to achieve the goals in time and kilos that we set according to specialists, especially when you want to look the best figure in summer.
Marina Berrio
Advice:Dr. Amaro, Nutrition Specialist and Director of the Feel Good Clinic
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