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BOLET ASTOVIZA, Miriam  e  SOCARRAS SUAREZ, María Matilde. An appropriate feeding to improve the health and to avoid chronic diseases. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3038.

The appropriate feeding is a challenge for many people who prefer to enjoy of pleasant foods but riskier for health instead of to change its mistaken habits and thus to improve its status. The backgrounds of the appropriate feeding are in Macrobiotic feeding considered an art and a science of health and old age. The nutritional education is very important to achieve the transformation of a improper feeding behavior, thus, the intention to offer the necessary knowledges on a appropriate feeding, its features and relation to different chronic diseases. Authors emphasize the nutritional value of integral rice, the significance of balance among acid and alkaline foods with a greater proportion of this latter and the cooking ways of these foods. It is advisable that persons consume foods containing dietetic fibers as integral cereals, pod vegetables and fruits thus contributing to reduce the risk of to develop the metabolic syndrome and chronic diseases including the cancer, the cardiovascular diseases and the type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Palavras-chave : Appropriate feeding; life expectancy and quality of life.

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