Video shows food for the body and the brain

For 25 years Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson at Lund University in Sweden has conducted research on appetite control, the energy balance of the body, and how we should eat to stay healthy and happy – both our bodies and our brains. Here’s her dietary advice captured in one compelling film.

WATCH VIDEO: FOOD TIPS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

We eat too much, too often, and more sugar, salt and fat than we should. Our bodies don’t like it. They become stressed”, says Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, professor in medical and physiological chemistry.

In this film you will join Charlotte when she does her grocery shopping and talks about

• why we should eat “three colours of vegetables” each day
• why we are to be cautious of too much red meat
• good proteins and important fat in fish
• that the body needs to help counting the number of slices of bread
• how thylakoids in green leaves affect hormones that regulate our feeling of satisfaction and reduce the need for sweets
• why tea and coffee are good for your health and
• why we should embrace the way the French people view and eat food

Watch video: You are what you eat: Food tips for a healthy lifestyle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SsGTefEeY 

Watch the video in shorter parts:
- You are what you eat: how three colours of vegetables each day could keep dementia away
- You are what you eat: how fish, red meat and milk products affect your body
- You are what you eat: how green vegetables can help reduce the need for sweets
- You are what you eat: why timing is equally as important as what you eat

Contact:

Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, professor in medical and physiological chemistry at Lund University,
Phone: +46 46 222 85 89; +46 70 288 1782
Email: charlotte.erlanson-albertsson@med.lu.se