Flexitarian Diet, Easy Way To Manage Meals With Flexible And Vegetarian Menu

Illustrate dietary flexitarian menu (Unsplash / Mariana Montes de Oca)

JAKARTA – There are various ways to arrange a healthy eating menu. Including by following the rules of the diet. Well, the rules of the flexitarian diet can make it easier because it is flexible by combining a vegetarian diet.

Behind the vegetarian diet, the flexitarian diet is also the choice of many people who stick to a plant-based diet but occasionally eat meat. This diet is called a flexitarian which comes from the terminology flexible and vegetarian.

This diet was initiated by dietitian Daawn Jackson Blatner in his book The Flexitarian Diet. Foods consumed are plant-based or plant-based as the main menu but may occasionally consume meat, milk and eggs.

According to Blatner, eating plant-based or plant-based foods can reduce the risk of developing fatal diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The fact that Blatner revealed, people who apply a flexitarian diet can have a life of 3.6 years longer.

For those who want to lose weight, this diet is also effective in reducing body mass by up to 15 percent. Blatner says that people who eat meat or carnivores have more calories than people who follow a flexitarian diet.

The main menu of the flexitarian diet is fruits, vegetables, nuts, and whole grains. While the combined side with a flexible diet, those of you who run this diet can combine foods containing plant and animal protein such as beef, chicken, and fish.

But what needs to be an important note, animal protein foods are recommended to be processed simply. For example, baked and boiled.

The number of servings that are calculated for sure according to daily needs also need to be an important note. You can choose a number of fresh foods to stock. And choose a method of processing that is not complicated, but rich in nutrients.

For portions, the flexitarian diet adheres to a 3-4-5 pattern. For breakfast, 300 calories and 400 calories for lunch. As for dinner as much as 500 calories with snacks or snacks, no more than 150 calories.

Besides allowing for weight loss and avoiding the risk of developing internal disease, a flexitarian diet also helps free cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

The flexitarian diet also adheres to a pattern of self-control. That is, everything consumed is counted, the type of food, and the right time to eat. Interested in running this diet? To be sure, the diet should be carried out sustainably so that the effects work optimally.