Healthy eating: expert warns of false resolutions!

Healthy eating: expert warns of false resolutions!

Friedrichshafen, Deutschland - At the beginning of a new year, many people set themselves the intent to eat healthier. However, Carmen Hügemann, an experienced ecotrophologist, considers the term "healthy eating" to be problematic. According to Hügemann, it is crucial that everyone decides what is good and recommends to consume less meat and fast food and instead integrate more vegetables and freshly cooked into the diet. She works at the Agricultural Office of the Lake Constance district, where she advises farms and coordinates nutritional projects for schools and kindergartens.

Hügemann pleads as a significant building block to strengthen resilience, which describes the ability to master difficult life situations. In this context, it emphasizes the importance of a colorful, diverse and fresh variety of food. Vital substances such as vitamins, minerals and trace elements are important for the body. It also emphasizes the need for conscious shopping behavior and origin of the food. Regional foods could be cheaper in the long term, even if they are currently often more expensive, explains Hügemann.

regional nutrition and resilience

A resilient nutrition system should be able to resist and recover disorders, a goal that is supported by the network concept in the nutrition: to promote local farmers and to increase the enjoyment and appreciation of food. It is particularly alarming that the level of self -care with vegetables in Germany is only 35 percent. For a successful start into a resilient diet, Hügemann recommends writing a shopping list, creating a pleasant atmosphere while eating and visiting local markets. On February 11th, Hügemann also offers an online lecture on resilient nutrition, for which registrations are possible.

The need for a variety of and regional nutrition is underlined by further current research. The globalization of the food trade, which has doubled since 1980, has not only led to advantages, but also leads to considerable challenges. As an analysis of the project "Feminization, Agricultural Transition and Rural Employment" shows, subsistence farmers are particularly threatened by industrialized agriculture and volatile markets. These developments mean that the nutritional security of their own population should be a priority, while the level of self -supply in Switzerland is around 60 percent, minus animal products only at 50 percent.

The risks caused by monocultures and the trend towards export agriculture are significant and require a coherent agricultural policy and transparent value chains in order to better understand the effects of trade. At the same time, positive developments such as local projects and urban gardening can be seen as opportunities for stronger regional self -sufficiency, especially against the background of the current global challenges in the nutritional systems.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien