Healthy food surprises and inspires

A truly healthy diet means an individual approach to each person. In the Fresh.club mobile app, customers order fresh, wholesome and individually prepared meals for the whole day, which meet a certain goal - muscle gain, weight loss, a certain lifestyle, etc. Currently, the range of fresh.club recipes includes several hundred different dishes, which far exceeds the variety of the average restaurant menu. The author of all healthy recipes is Anna Paula Auziņa, a nutritionist, trainer and former athlete of the Latvian athletics team, who, in cooperation with food technologists and cooks, continues to develop new healthy food ideas and tasty surprises every day. the food on offer is not the healthiest, rather it can be classified as fast food or quick snacks - burgers, pizzas, kebabs, etc. dominate, Anna Paula Auziņa has summarized. Restaurant recipes are created by chefs based on what most people like or find easier to prepare. In addition, the food is not always the freshest, because it is impossible to plan the exact quantities of products to be prepared - the restaurant cannot know exactly how much food will be ordered each day. Fresh.club offers a completely new approach: an individually calculated, nutrition-based recipe for each customer. Fresh.club chefs prepare it from products whose quantity is calculated up to grams, thus allowing you to farm sustainably, not to create food waste and always prepare fresh meals.

"When ordering restaurant food, you should take into account that restaurants cook the same for everyone, but a healthy diet can mean something completely different to everyone. One client would need 900 calories for lunch, another would prefer 500, but calories are certainly not the only thing that defines whether a diet is healthy. However, if ordering fast food has become a regular thing, it would be worth thinking about what the motivation is, what consequences it will have on health and figure. We cannot control the food bought in a restaurant - we do not know how it is prepared, what is in it, and we can unwittingly eat products that we would rather do without - a lot of sugar, salt and saturated fat, but often not enough fiber, for example, fruit , vegetables, whole grain products, legumes. Fresh.club is the answer to everyone who asks - what to do if I want to eat healthy, but I don't really know how to do it myself or I don't have time? We do everything for the customers and deliver wholesome, fresh meals that meet the needs of each customer," says Anna Paula Auziņa.

The Fresh.club mobile app is available for iPhone and Android phones for free - click here and try the options yourself!

Many eat incorrectly, without even realizing it. The nutritionist points out that it is very easy to make mistakes in eating habits even if you seem to be doing everything right and do not sin with snacks and fast snacks. She points out that, firstly, people often underestimate how many calories they actually eat at a restaurant. Meal size can be deceiving - a very small portion eaten in a few minutes can have significantly more calories than eating a large portion of wholesome, nutrient-dense food. In order for the diet to be well thought out, attention should also be paid to this aspect – the volume of the chosen meal – because it directly affects the feeling of satiety and food choices on the given day. Only a few know how many calories and nutrients they should consume at each meal, depending on their physical abilities, lifestyle, habits, goals, etc.

Secondly, many people do not pay enough attention to the amount of fruits and vegetables in their diet and eat far too little of them. One of the reasons why such a problem is relevant is that people do not know how to cook vegetables deliciously and include them in everyday meals. The third most common mistake is excessive use of salt and sugar, without even realizing it. For example, a person drinks juice for breakfast in the morning - as if it's good - but he doesn't even think about how much sugar is added to the juice, he doesn't know how to read the label or doesn't pay attention to it, and maybe he doesn't even know what counts as a lot or a little. And another problem - people often make the mistake of thinking that they will just eat some salads during the day and lose weight because they will take in fewer calories. However, without eating a full-fledged meal, a person will most likely compensate for this calorie deficit, because he will be hungry for the rest of the day. As a result, it is expected that the calories taken in a day will be too many, because when you are hungry, your food choices may not be well thought out - if there is not a full meal waiting at home, most likely, you will eat the first thing that happens to be at hand.

How is healthy and tasty fresh.club food made? "Restaurant food, especially fast food, is enriched with sauces that are often tasty, but not so healthy, they often contain a lot of salt, sugar and saturated fat, sources of refined carbohydrates dominate, there are not enough whole grain products and other sources of fiber. We develop our recipes in accordance with the principles of nutrition science and in close cooperation with food technologists, which helps to ensure the freshness of the meals and the excellent taste of the food," says Anna Paula Auziņa.

The technology and practice of food preparation is also of great importance, using only the highest quality raw materials and refraining from the use of large amounts of saturated fat, salt, sugar and industrially produced semi-finished products. Every week fresh.club develops, tests and implements 10-15 healthy recipes. "Creating a new recipe can be a challenging task, because a series of different rules must be taken into account - so that the food is balanced, that the meal is large enough and rich in nutrients, that the necessary carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and fibers are included," says Anna Paula Auziņa.

The Fresh.club mobile app is available for iPhone and Android phones for free - click here and try the options yourself!

"Of course, in one recipe one group of nutrients can dominate, in another - another, but within the framework of the day there must be a balance. Each recipe should include a portion of fruit or vegetables, sources of fiber and protein, care should be taken to ensure that the food is functional and easy to deliver and use. In short, let it be interesting, tasty, healthy, safe and functional!"However, one of the biggest challenges is to find the right taste so that the customers find the food pleasant. "It is very important to remind that healthy food can be tasty and interesting at the same time. We pay a lot of attention to each recipe, we evaluate it from all aspects in order to give our customers a variety of nutrients and flavors, new, interesting combinations and inspiring nutrition," sums up Anna Paula Auziņa.

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