Video shows food for the body and the brain
We eat too much, too often, and more sugar, salt and fat than we should. Our bodies don’t like it. They become stressed”, says Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, professor in medical and physiological chemistry.
In this film you will join Charlotte when she does her grocery shopping and talks about
- why we should eat “three colours of vegetables” each day
- why we are to be cautious of too much red meat
- good proteins and important fat in fish
- that the body needs to help counting the number of slices of bread
- how thylakoids in green leaves affect hormones that regulate our feeling of satisfaction and reduce the need for sweets
- why tea and coffee are good for your health and
- why we should embrace the way the French people view and eat food
Watch video: You are what you eat: Food tips for a healthy lifestyle
Watch the video in shorter parts:
- You are what you eat: how three colours of vegetables each day could keep dementia away
- You are what you eat: how fish, red meat and milk products affect your body
- You are what you eat: how green vegetables can help reduce the need for sweets
- You are what you eat: why timing is equally as important as what you eat
Related reading:
- Spinach extract decreases cravings (Video)
Contact:
Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, professor in medical and physiological chemistry at Lund University,
Phone: +46 46 222 85 89; +46 70 288 1782
Email: charlotte [dot] erlanson-albertsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se
Text by Katrin Ståhl, Press Officer at the Faculty of Medicin, Lund University
