Millennials, poor nutrition exposes them to disease as adults
“Enough with” junk “food, it is true that we are what we eat, but we eat what we buy, and our mistakes in food purchases are already reflected in our young age” supports Emilia Gómez Pardo, Spanish nutritionist and doctor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer and diabetes can already occur through food and life mistakes, already in the twenties. In her speech at the Cris Foundation against cancer, biochemistry found that obesity is the most immediate consequence of an incorrect diet “the environment that surrounds us is obesogenic : everything is designed for overweight people and the prevalence is alarming in childhood “. According to data from Pardo, four out of 10 Spanish children are overweight. With 22% having senior cholesterol levels and 32% hypertension. Obesity is in fact correlated with cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension and metabolic syndrome.
Millennials, double the risk of developing cancer
In her speech, Pardo confirmed that “Millennials have twice the risk of getting cancer due to the Western lifestyle. Considering alcohol and overweight, one in three cancers has to do with an inadequate diet with the consequence that among young people there are common cancers in adults, first of all colorectal cancer. Many studies find that if the current lifestyle is maintained in the next 10 years colon cancer it will increase by 90% in people between 20 and 30 years of age and by 124% that of rectal cancer. And also multiple myeloma and endometrial cancer. “But the lifestyle is inherited and for this reason the parents should lead by example in maintaining a correct eating style made of fruit, vegetables, legumes, unsweetened dairy products, eggs, ham, fish, nuts, whole grains and keeping away red meats, salami, sweets. All the food too elaborate.
Millennials, a diet too rich in processed foods and low in fiber
Between 30% and 50% of cancers are triggered by modifiable risk factors. Molecular biologist Danielle Lemay, of the ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center in Davis, California, presented a study showing how dietary modification (from erroneous to high in fiber) has unexpected health potential. The soluble fiber contained in barley, oats, legumes, seeds, nuts, or fruit and vegetables such as carrots, artichokes, broccoli and squash. According to a study from the Sydney University of Technology and published in the American Journal of Clinical, poorly fed 18-25 year olds with symptoms of depression improve considerably if they start following a Mediterranean diet. Young people’s eating habits need to be changed to include vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fatty fish, olive oil and salt-free nuts. And this while reducing processed foods, sugar and red meat. Furthermore, “the study found that food influences mood. 90% of serotonin, a chemical that helps you feel happy, is produced in the gut by gut microbes that communicate with the brain. So the researchers conclude to have beneficial microbes, we need to feed them more with fiber.
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