Why is it necessary to eat and which is most useful of meat fish

Japan is a record country by the number of long-livers. Eskimos less often on the planet suffer from heart disease. Asians hardly know what premature hair loss is. Scientists around the world are in solidarity: this is the merit of the fish, which is the basis of their menu. Another scientifically confirmed fact is that there are never depressions among passionate fish fans. Are these any weighty arguments in favor of making the product a frequent guest on your dining table?

Why does not the Belarusians like fish?

According to the latest data of the National Statistical Committee for the 1st quarter of 2018, each Belarusian eats a little more than one kilogram of fish a month on average. For a year this figure does not reach even 15 kilograms. At the same time, doctors insist: you need to eat twice as much fish to get the maximum benefit of this product for health. Alas, since 1990, when the record of eating fish was fixed in the country (19.6 kg per person), the passion of the Belarusians to it only fades.

According to official statistics, on average every Belarusian a month eats almost 7 kg of bread and bakery products, 5 kg of potatoes, 6.5 kg of meat and products from it, 6 kg of vegetables and fruits, as well as almost 21.5 kg of milk and dairy products! For food, every average Belarusian family spends almost 40% of the budget spent on consumer needs. Of these, only 1.8% - for fish (which is 10 times less than meat).

Maybe it's the fault of the Soviet fishing Thursdays, which were a real example of that you can not force a love? Or is it a prejudice that a piece of meat is better than a meal? You can guess for a long time. But in reality, we have more than one generation of people in the culture of eating which fish as a product is practically absent. And with this, you need to do something.

Meat fish is not a competitor, but an ally

There are many grounds for fish. To begin with at least that the human body is able to work as a clock only under the condition of sufficient consumption of protein foods. At the same time, two-thirds of the protein from the physiological needs must be of animal origin. Fish as an excellent source of animal protein will come in handy. Meat, of course, too. And you can not neglect it in the diet. But these two products do not compete, but complement each other:

in different types and types of meat contains up to 18 g of pure protein per 100 g of product, and in fish - 18-24 g;

meat is the source of all essential amino acids (which the human body does not synthesize on its own and can only get from food) and conditionally replaceable (which are produced in the body in insufficient quantities). But the fish also have the same amino acids plus the unique polyunsaturated fatty amino acid Omega-3, which in nature is found only in linseed oil;

the protein of meat is digested by 89%, and the protein of fish is almost completely (by 98%);
meat and poultry, getting into the stomach, are digested for 3-4 hours, and fish about 2 hours;
fish is a wonderful dietary product. On its background, even lean types of meat and poultry often fade away. It's not for nothing that the Nordic diet, based on fish dishes and seafood, has proved to be highly effective and enjoys constant popularity among adherents of proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.

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