If there is one thing that contemporary nutritionists insist, contrary to what has happened in other times, it is that we should not count calories to have a healthy diet, even when we want to lose weight.
The nutritionist Paloma Quintana explains it: "There are two opposing currents, one that assumes, or rather assumed, that you had to count the calories of food in order not to exceed a certain amount, and another that believes that you have to forget calories and focus on eat healthy, something that, however, can end up getting out of hand if we are not careful”. The nutritionist points out that, more than calories, we must look at the nutritional value of food and take it in the right amounts, since otherwise it could lead to weight gain.
"It is not the same to take a certain amount of calories from 100 g of strawberries than to get it from two cookies: our body will not react in the same way, they will not act in the same way and they will not cause us the same feeling of satiety Quintana continues. But neither is it convenient to forget calories completely, since if we also lead a sedentary life "we could become overweight or obese even having a healthy diet."
In short, as explained by the doctor and nutritionist Núria Monfulleda, from the Loveyourself center in Barcelona, "we tend to think a lot about the issue of calories, when in the end there is no secret: if we consume more throughout the day than we our body needs we will gain weight and if we consume less we will lose it”. This means that a series of foods that we sometimes fear can be included without problems as long as the caloric intake is balanced throughout the day. To put it simply: what is consumed on the one hand should be reduced on the other, which is usually simple because many healthy and high-calorie foods are also highly satiating. "In fact, we can take them without any problem even on weight loss diets, since many of them are so satiating that one serving will be enough to get to the next meal with a moderate appetite, thus preventing binge eating." Here are some of them:
