In this Diets and Nutrition Facts series, we talk about the most interesting facts related to diets and nutrition. The general idea is that if you learn these facts, you’ll never forget them, just like riding a bike. And whether intentionally or unintentionally, you’ll start adjusting your habits and overall lifestyle in a healthier way. So, in the first video of the series, we’ll talk about
• 71% calories come from new foods
• Grains contribute 24% of calories to the modern human diet
• Sugar consumption went up 10 times over the last 200 years
• Oil consumption went up 3 times over the last 50 years ago
• Average American consumed about 2,500 calories – about 22% more than 50 years ago
• We did something good for the last century – discovered vitamins and minerals
So, control your weight and stay healthy!
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About Practical Health channel
The mission of the Practical Health channel is to share scientific knowledge and personal experience related to a healthy lifestyle. So, everyone will live a healthy and productive life!
In this channel, Andrey Titov, PhD shares his personal experience and provides practical steps on health and performance optimization. The key focus is to use a data-driven approach (a lot of actual body tests) in optimizing the 4 key pillars of wellbeing
• Nutrition/ diet – calorie balance, healthy food, controlling appetite
• Exercise/ sport – weekly schedule
• Sleep – getting asleep and waking up fast, having a great night sleep
• Mindfulness – enjoying life and staying happy
