A safe diet is one that has no health risks or side effects. When referring to something as "safe", it does not represent health risks. That said, we must assume that a safe diet would be synonymous with a healthy diet. Eating well is also equivalent to “knowing how to eat”.
To be called safe, a food must be produced in optimal conditions, be ingested without causing disease, not harm the workers who produce it, nor cause damage to the environment.
Anything that harms humanity itself cannot be considered harmless.
What is a safe diet like?
For a diet to be entirely safe, the organisms consumed must be free of harmful microorganisms, toxins, and contaminants. In addition to that, food should be eaten avoiding excesses and contributing to good eating.
The usual food plate should have three groups:
-Vegetables and fruits: in large quantities they do not hurt depending on the case
-Leguminous and foods of animal origin: they must be few and combined
-Cereals: they should not be in large or small quantities, but sufficient.
If you are doing some physical activity, or in a gym, avoid eating a lot in a short time and try to administer food throughout the day to speed up the metabolism and achieve a favorable result.
It is advisable to prepare the foods of the week in advance, for when you need to eat, you already know what to prepare and eat.
In this way, if you go out, you avoid spending unnecessarily on street food, with the risk of not being something innocuous or unhealthy for the body.
Care must be taken when shopping, as there are still problems with food that is infected or unfit for human consumption.
That is why organizations such as the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) ensure the correct way to grow and harvest food, without the use of products that pose risks to human health.
Among the diseases that can be contracted by eating unsafe food are Salmonella (in eggs), hepatitis A virus (in vegetables), Norwalk virus (in shellfish), among other diseases caused by parasites or prions.
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- "SAFE AND NUTRITIVE FOODS FOR CONSUMERS" FAO. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
- WHO "Food Safety". December 2015. Accessed September 13, 2017.