The growing variance of foods that is available to us at our local stored and eating-places only helps to confuse and tantalize us into new culinary experiments and delights. In today’s world where leisure time carries more importance, so lesser time is spent in cooking and preparing food, as a result many of us end up with eating a cheese burger and fries. But is it right just to be dependent upon fast foods and not indulge into any kind of healthy and nutritious meals. We need to steer clear of such versions and opt for healthy food.
Daphne Miller, author of “The jungle effect: The Healthiest Diets from around the World-Why They Work and How to Make Them Work for you. She has asked experts to rank 10 healthiest cultural cuisines globally and reveals what makes them good for us.
The Mediterranean diet: traditional Greek foods like leafy veggies, fresh fruit, high-fiber beans, lentils, olive oil, and omega-3-rich fish deliver lots of immune-boosting and cancer-fighting ingredients that cut your risks of heart disease.
The Californian diet: All about enjoying seasonal, local foods that are tossed together, low-calorie, nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables.
The Vietnamese diet: Full of fresh herbs, vegetables and seafood. Cooking methods use water or broth instead of oils and when prepared the conventional way flavors rely on herbs, rather than coconut based sauces and frying, hence the result is lower in calories.
The Japanese diet: This diet is rich in cancer-fighting fruits and vegetables. The cooking method is stir fry and light steaming. That’s why it is claimed that Japanese are far likely to get breast or colon cancer.
Indian Food: A mix of aromatic spices, such as turmeric, ginger, red chilies and masalas. According to a recent research turmeric and ginger help fight against Alzheimer’s. Rates of Alzheimer’s are four times lower in India than from America. Indian food has a range of divergence in it.
The Italian diet: The best for digestion with its super ingredients of tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, oregano, parsley, and basil. Studies have shown that the lycopene in tomatoes may help protect women from breast cancer.
Spanish: Tapas are great for eating a number of small portions of tasty fare and making an entire dinner of it. The Spanish eat lots of fresh seafood, vegetables, and olive oil—all super stars on the health scale.
Mexican cuisine: An authentic Mexican cuisine can be healthy and even slimming. A Mexican diet of slow-release foods such as beans, soups, and tomato-based sauces helped lower women s risk of breast cancer.
Thai food: Made with shrimp, coriander, lemongrass, ginger, and other herbs and spices. Thai cuisine is known for being spicy. It is spicy, sour, sweet, salty and bitter that is optional. A normal Thai family meal will have rice in it.
South America die: From a traditional diet of fresh fruits, vegetables and high-protein grains like quinoa to the famous huge steaks. A typical South American meal of rice and beans creates a perfect protein along with ceviche; a mélange of fresh seafood tossed with a variety of spices and ingredients, from cilantro and Chile peppers to tomatoes and onions.
I believe this categorization of the healthiest cuisines helps us understand what sort of food is healthy and nutritious for us. From the above ten my favorites include, Thai, Italian, Indian and Mexican cuisines and I’m sure many of you fall in at least two or more of the above mentioned categories. Therefore try avoiding fast food and indulge yourself in these kinds. So next time if you plan on taking away food or ordering it for deliveries make sure you choose from these.
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