Do you know exactly what you eat? That is the question that seek to elucidate your doctor if you have seen for weight problems. But mostly, we underestimate our contributions …

If a weight problem, it is essential to know what you eat. For it will initiate a system adapted or simply to correct errors nutrition.

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Tell me what you eat … If you wonder what you ate during the day, you will naturally tend to lie! Because several studies have shown, we underestimate our consumption. Most often, this is not at all aware. For example, we “forget” what we eat between meals. In fact, the more control inputs or more one tries to restrict, the more you underestimate what you swallow. Only protein intakes are rather well evaluated.

What you should know …

For the physician, it is nevertheless important enough to know exactly what your eating. To evaluate your profile, the specialist will go through three main points:

• The type of food you usually eat and those you prefer;
• The circumstances in which you eat;
• The existence or not of eating disorders (snacking, compulsions …).

The methods to know the truth…

To know exactly what you eat, the doctor uses several tools:
The calendar: It is a picture to fill each day with all food consumed, and the circumstances. It will thus give an overview of your diet. The doctor can identify the content of your meals and detect possible problems. It is often used during the first consultation, then identify areas for improvement.
The recall of 24 hours: The doctor uses your memory! It will ask in detail what you ate the night before writing or orally. This helps in knowing if you have implemented the recommendations and identify remaining problems. It is used in monitoring.
The dietary history: It’s sort of a variant of the recall of 24 hours. Your doctor will ask you to describe a typical day.
Questionnaires frequency of consumption: These are questionnaires that will help evaluate a specific aspect of food energy intake Either or qualitative aspects.

No scheme every time!

Besides that will use the doctor, the primary interest of this type of food surveys, is to begin by realizing what you really eat. It is often very informative and brings out any excess or wrong choice. This detailed study allows to propose a suitable method that has the greatest chance of success. Indeed, a system can not function if it is not identifying errors food. The survey will reveal areas for improvement: reducing taken between meals, reduce the excessive consumption of energy drinks too … In addition, it will be possible to determine the Junk Food you eat.

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