
Healthy eating
What is healthy eating? Can you eat healthily even when you are on holiday or on a business trip? Of course you can! But you need to know how to make the most of a golden opportunity.
Healthy eating means a diet based mainly on fruit and vegetables, though we should not rule out food from animal sources as long as it is eaten in moderation.
So a healthy diet is rich in:
- Wholemeal cereals (bread, pasta and other wholegrain derivatives), pulses (beans, chickpeas and lentils) and tubers (potatoes and sweet potatoes);
- Fruit and vegetables;
- Dried fruit and nuts.
In contrast, it is limited in the consumption of:
- Red meat and cold cuts;
- Refined sugar and sugary drinks such as refreshments and processed juices;
- Baked goods, confectionery and savoury snacks;
- Alcoholic beverages.
How do you eat healthily?
Eating healthily is not boring, bland or anything of the sort. But it should meet five basic criteria for it to be:
- Sufficient. It meets the energy and nutritional needs of an individual at any stage in their life.
- Balanced. It is based on vegetable foodstuffs, but includes limited portions of meat. However, it hardly ever or never includes alcohol or other high-calorie yet not very nutritional foods.
- Safe. It is free of toxins and pollutants.
- Adapted. It adapts to individual, social, cultural and environmental characteristics and needs.
- Satisfactory. It is enjoyable and satisfies all your senses.
Eating healthily yields enormous benefits because:
- It keeps your organism working normally.
- It fosters growth (when full development has not yet been reached) and cell renewal.
- It lowers the risk of contracting illnesses.
- It protects your health.
Healthia hotels offer a varied range of cuisine so that guests can consciously choose the pleasure of taking care of themselves, enjoying healthy eating at every meal.