Unbalanced diet
This is what happens in the body when you eat the same thing every day
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In principle, we know that we should make our diet as balanced and varied as possible. But what actually happens when we eat the same thing every day?
Hand on heart: Do you often find it difficult to ensure enough variety in your meal in stressful times? A balanced diet is essential for our body – it needs different foods with all their nutrients in order to function properly. But if we eat the same or at least the same combination of foods every day, it is harmful to our health. The consequences of an unbalanced diet can be devastating.
These things happen in the body when you eat the same things every day
1. You increase your risk for various diseases
If you eat one-sidedly, you have a higher risk of a wide variety of diseases. That has a Meta-analysis of 39 studies in the “Journal of Nutrition” result. The researchers have found that people who eat the same thing every day are at greater risk of unhealthy obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases.
2. You are depriving your body of important nutrients
Superfood or not – no food contains all of the essential nutrients we need for our health. So if you eat the same thing every day, your organism will lack vitamins, minerals and the like that it would need from other foods. That is why it is all the more important to ensure variety on the menu.
3. Your intestinal flora lacks good bacteria
Our intestinal flora also wants variety. Because that is what she needs to produce enough good intestinal bacteria. We often underestimate how important our intestines are for health: 70 percent of the immune system sits here, and many important detoxification processes also take place there.
4. Your life expectancy could decrease
One study has found that women who eat more varied and more healthy foods live longer than those who eat the same thing every day. How diverse your menu preferences are also affects your life expectancy.
Sources used: healthdigest.com, medlexi.de