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Eating a healthy diet on a daily basis makes you feel good and prevents obesity.

What to have for dinner tonight? What products are in season? What is BMI? How can it be calculated? How much protein should you consume per day to be in shape? And by the way, what exactly is a protein?

In this section, you will find tips and practical documents covering the basics of nutrition, to help you manage your diet, daily menus and those of your family.

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What Molecules Does Food Contain?
To stay in good health, human need to eat to cover their nutritional requirements. All flavors, textures and odours of each food are associated with nutrients , which are food substances assimilated by the body and essential to its proper functioning.
Emulsifiers : What does the research say?
Emulsifiers are food additives that have the ability, due to a hydrophobic part (which repels water) and a hydrophilic part (which has affinity for water), to form a homogeneous mixture from substances thatnormally do not mix such as oil and water.
Micronutrients
Unlike macronutrients, micronutrients do not provide energy, but they are also essential for the development and proper functioning of the body.
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Orthorexia
Orthorexia can be defined as the obsession with eating healthy food. It expresses itself through an excessive concern for food quality and its effects on the body, to the expense of the quantities ingested, sensations about eating and even taste preferences.
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What is the microbiota?
Behind this strange name is a complex system of bacteria that live in our intestines. Beyond the digestion of food, the microbiota could be a perspective in the fight against obesity.
Digital Nutrition Applications
Recently, many digital applications focusing on nutrition have been developed and proposed to the general population and could theoretically help them in their nutritional follow-up. However, are these applications really effective for the general population?

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Nutritional Education
Nutritional education consists of a set of educational strategies designed to encourage beneficial, long-term eating habits and physical activity.
Nutrition & Common Preconceptions
Nutrition plays an essential role in physical and mental health. Preconceived ideas abound in the media, and it is often complex to distinguish validated information from wrong ideas.
Soft Drinks
Many beverages sold commercially contain spectacular amounts of sugars, whether it is a soda (about the equivalent of 7 pieces of sugar in a can), a fruit juice (about 7 sugars in a glass of orange juice), an industrial iced tea (5 sugars in a can), not to mention the so-called energy drinks (8 sugars or more).
Eating In Front Of A Screen
Computer, mobile phone or television are all distractions that will disconnect you from listening to your eating sensations and therefore disrupt your food intake including taking meals too fast, no chewing, a disruption of the feeling of satiety…
Sweeteners And Their Impacts On Our Health
A sweetener is any substance that gives a sweet taste. Nowadays, the use of the term sweeteners is often restricted to substances that gives a sweet taste and few or no calories.
Sensations About Eating, Eating Disorders & Obesity
Without pathology, sensations about eating (SAE) reflect our body’s needs, and when we listen to them, we ensure the balance of our energy and nutritional requirements. However, in some cases, sensations about eating no longer reflect our body’s needs.
Balanced Diet vs. Orthorexia
It is called orthorexia, the pathology consisting in the obsession to want to control its diet to consume only healthy products, for example from organic sectors, leading to the elimination of many foods