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
