Mandarin Chinese – How to say – A balanced diet should contain protein, fats, carbohydrates and fiber in fresh vegetables and fruit.
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均衡的饮食应含有蛋白质，脂肪，碳水化合物和新鲜蔬菜和水果中的纤维。
jūnhéng de yǐnshí yīng hányǒu dànbáizhì , zhīfáng , tànshuǐ huàhéwù hé xīnxiān shūcài hé shuǐguǒ zhōng de xiānwéi.
jūnhéng (均衡 adjective, balanced) de (的 particle to connect the attributive and the noun it modifies) yǐnshí (饮食 noun, eating) yīng (应 modal auxiliary verb, should) hányǒu (含有 verb, consist) dànbáizhì ( 蛋白质 noun, protein) , zhīfáng ( 脂肪 noun, fat) , tànshuǐ huàhéwù (碳水化合物 noun, carbonhydrates) hé (和 conjunction, and) xīnxiān (新鲜 adjective, fresh) shūcài ( 蔬菜noun, vegetables) hé (和 conjunction, and) shuǐguǒ (水果 noun, fruit) zhōng (中 prepositon, within) de (的 connecting particle) xiānwéi (纤维 noun, fiber).
So, I set my mind to write a post about eating, I started my journey of searching on great proverbs, idioms, or sayings about eating.
The first one I found is:
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如果我不在家里,那我一定在咖啡店里,如果我不在咖啡店里那我一定在去咖啡店的路上.
rúguǒ Wǒ bù zài jiālǐ ,nà Wǒ yīdìng zài kāfēidiàn lǐ ,rúguǒ Wǒ bù zài kāfēidiàn lǐ nà Wǒ yīdìng zài qù kāfēidiàn de lùshang .
If I were not at home, then I must have been in the coffee shop; if I were not in the coffee shop, then I must have been on the way to the coffee shop.
Do you like this saying? I bet you do, especially if you love coffee!
We all know you are what you eat. So, if you munch potato chips daily, you will end up looking like a potato bag someday. If you skip your food everyday, then you are destined to be as tall and skinny like a street lamp light. If you want to have a good shape of body as well as good health, then you seriously need to eat a well balanced meal. Why a well balanced meal is important?
A balanced meal is essential for a healthy body, a healthy mind and a happy soul. You are what you consume; if you desire a well balanced life, you should eat like one too!
By eating well, you can maintain good health and an ideal body weight. There is no single magic food can provide you with all the essential nutrients that your body needs to be fit and function efficiently. A balanced diet should contain protein, fats, carbohydrates and fiber in the form of fresh vegetables and fresh fruit. Consume the right amounts will give you a good supply of essential amino acids, essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals. Also water is always the best drink, it is pure, cheap and the healthiest!
Another key point for a good eating philosophy is to eat like a rainbow — to eat every spectrum of color of food, and to color your meal in the healthy way.
When you eat blue and purple food, such as Eggplant (especially the skin), blueberries, blackberries, prunes, plums, pomegranates, they have Anthocyanins which are antioxidants that are good for you heart healthy and may help support healthy blood pressure.
When you eat green, such as broccoli, cabbage, bok choy, Brussels sprouts,
the natural plant pigment chlorophyll colors in green fruits and vegetables are good sources of isothiocyanates, which induce enzymes in the liver that help the body removing potentially carcinogenic compounds, so they have anticancer properties.
If you go for the passionate red, you should eat tomatoes and tomato products, watermelon, pink grapefruit, and cranberries. Lycopene is the predominant pigment in reddish fruits and veggies. A carotenoid, lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that can reduce your risk of certain cancers, especially prostate cancer, and offer you the protection against heart attacks.
Thus, choose as many colors you can is a proved way to start your healthy meal, it can also offer you the joy of eating and give you eye benefit too.
Due to the learning purpose of this website, it is required to offer you some Chinese proverbs, sayings or idioms about eating. Hope you don’t mind, even if you are not interested in learning Chinese now.
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吃不到葡萄的人说葡萄酸.
chī bù dào pútao de rén shuō pútao suān.
The people who were not able to eat grapes said the grapes were sour.
人是铁，肉是钢，一顿不吃饿得慌.
rén shì tiě , ròu shì gāng , yī dùn bù chī èděihuāng .
People are like iron, and meat is like steel. Skipping one meal will make people hungry unbearably.
吃人口软,拿人手短.
chīrén kǒu ruǎn ,ná rénshǒu duǎn.
People who ate others’ food will have soft mouth, and people who took things from others will have short hands.
or
Gifts blind the eyes.
吃不穷,穿不穷,不会打算一世穷
chī bù qióng ,chuān bù qióng ,bùhuì dǎsuàn yī shì qióng.
Eating won’t make you poor, and wearing won’t make you poor either; however, don’t know how to make plans will make you poor for one generation.
民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān.
People regard eating as heaven.
or
Eating comes first.
惜衣有衣穿，惜饭有饭吃。
xī yī yǒu yī chuān , xī fàn yǒu fàn chī .
If you cherish clothes, you will have more clothes to wear, and if you cherish meals then you will have more meals to eat.
三分吃药七分调养,三分天资七分打拼.
sānfēn chī yào Qī fēn diào yǎng ,sānfēn tiān zī Qī fēn dǎpīn .
(To keep a healthy body) relies on 30 percents of taking medicine and 70 percents of taking good care of self; to succeed relies on 30 percents of inner talent and 70 percents of hard working.
不吃黄连不知苦,事非经过不知难.
bù chī huángliánbùzhī kǔ ,shì fēi jīngguò bùzhī nán .
If you haven’t eaten goldthread, you won’t know it is bitter, and if you did not go through the things yourself, you won’t the difficulty of it.
饭后百步走.不为百病愁
fàn hòu yībǎi bù zǒu .bù wéi yībǎi bìng chóu.
Walk one hundred steps after a meal, then you won’t be worried for one hundred illnesses.
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