Compose your meals:
Breakfast
- Fruit (vitamins, and fibre) or a fruit juice (vitamins)
- Complex carbohydrates: bread, banana…
- Dairy product (proteins and calcium)
- Some liquid to hydrate your body (tea, coffee, fruit juice, herbal tea …)
Lunch
Think about a proper lunch so that you feel full for the whole afternoon. To be well balanced, lunch must consist of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
Exemple :
- Salads (with 1 teaspoonful of olive oil)
- Complex carbohydrates (pasta, rice, couscous…) with butter
- Fish or meat or egg
- Dairy product
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or :
- Green vegetable
- Fish or meat or egg
- Bread
- Cheese
- 1 fruit
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For people who have a high tea early (around 5pm), the lunch should be lighter.
Tea break
For people having dinner around 7pm, a small snack can be taken at around 4-5 pm: fruit, bread, dairy product
High tea (early) or Dinner (late)
This meal should be lighter than the lunch and taken at least 2 hours before bedtime.
- Soup or green vegetables or salad
- Fish or meat or egg
- 1 yogurt or fromage frais (20%)
- Bread or complex carbohydrates (depending on your appetite)
- 1 fruit
Fatty cheese and deserts should be avoided