Not all eating habits that we think are healthy are necessarily healthy. The proof, this reflex that we believe is good for health and weight loss when we have dessert, is not the best choice to make to lose weight.
Eating our 5 fruits and vegetables per day recommended by the World Health Organization is not the only golden rule that we must rely on to ensure a healthy and balanced diet, and eating reflexes that make to lose weight. Proof of this is that we do not always manage to lose weight by giving pride of place to fruits And to vegetables on our plate during the 3 main meals of the day.
And for good reason, certain foods including vegetables, for example, are particularly rich in hidden sugars, and they can quickly make us exceed our daily sugar quota and make us gain weight. By believing that their richness in fiber guarantees their beneficial impact on health, we forget that it is absolutely necessary to regulate our daily consumption. It is also one of the The most common mistakes that prevent us from losing weight when starting a weight loss process: always favor fruit over dessertparticularly to the detriment of a pleasure food like chocolate. Indeed, in a interview granted to Madame FigaroValérie Méry Mandeville, a dietitian nutritionist, sets aside this health prejudice, reminding us that dietetically speaking, there is no one food that is really better than the other for health.
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Fruit or chocolate: there isn’t really one dessert healthier than the other
To say that eating a few squares of chocolate is necessarily worse for weight loss than eating fruit is, in reality, to state a simple preconceived idea. As the dietitian nutritionist reminds us: “we count 5 to 20% sugar depending on the fruit” and the sugar content of a chocolate will depend on the cocoa content of the latter. Regarding the chocolate that we sometimes deprive ourselves of biting at the end of the meal to lose weight more quickly, she points out that “the higher the cocoa content, the less sweet it is and the more trace elements it contains” interesting for the body. We must therefore first of all compare a specific fruit to a particular type of chocolate to answer this question.
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The nutritionist also reminds us that it is necessary not to consume more than 2 to 3 portions of fruit each day, a recommendation faithful to that of the WHO, which easily leaves room for tasting a few pieces of chocolate for dessert, in within reason of course. In another article, we reveal to you the quantity of chocolate you should not exceed per day for your health.
When should you really choose fruit over chocolate for dessert?
We must conclude that there is not necessarily one dessert healthier than the other to consume systematically. But then, how to choose? First of all, rely on your preferences in terms of fruit and chocolate, because these are the best indicators for making the best slimming choice. If eating white chocolate or milk chocolate rather than a fruit low in sugar will confirm the idea that it is a good reflex for losing weight, eating a fruit very rich in sugar instead of a few squares of dark chocolate can completely reverse this trend.
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As the expert notes by way of examples, “a clementine is equivalent to a cube of sugar and a banana, up to eight depending on its level of ripeness”. Eating a ripe banana rather than a little dark chocolate or a square of milk chocolate that you want is therefore not a good idea when it comes to weight loss. Keep in mind that bananas, grapes, mangoes and cherries are fruits very rich in sugar that should not be systematically chosen over chocolate. On the other hand, if you like strawberries, apricots, blackberries or even watermelon, these are fruits low in sugar that you can eat instead of a few squares of chocolate to lose weight, especially if you prefer milk chocolate to dark chocolate. In short, dare to indulge yourself even on a diet, and above all pay attention to the quantities you eat without forbidding your little pleasures if you have a sweet tooth!
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