If the virtues of garlic or ginger are no longer to be demonstrated, some foods in our kitchen also have unsuspected riches to preserve our health.

But be careful to consume them well!

To avoid any odds, Laurent Mariotte invited Professor David Khayat to the program "La Table des bons vivant".

"A healthy mind in a healthy body."

There is no secret to being in good health (mental and physical), we must of course move but also be careful about what we eat since the food we eat has an impact on our condition.

Logically, a diet that is too fatty will promote diabetes or overweight.

Conversely, a varied diet is the key to a healthy lifestyle.

But did you know that certain foods are to be favored to protect against certain diseases?

This is what Professor David Khayat, author of

Stop to deprive yourself

at Albin Michel's,

explains

in Laurent Mariotte's program,

La Table des bons vivant

. 

>> Find La Table des bons vivant in podcast and in replay here 

To each their own cup of tea 

"In drinks, you can bet on green tea without worry," advises Professor David Khayat.

"Besides, tea in general is a drink to promote ... but be careful, you should never heat the water above 70 ° C because otherwise you will kill the ECGC, the anticancer formula that is found in green tea. "

For this, you can invest in a thermostatically controlled kettle or simply a tea thermometer to monitor the temperature of your drink. 

Turmeric yes, but not just any old way 

Among the spices that are good for our body, we find turmeric.

But the latter alone in a dish or a drink loses all its virtues!

"People often ignore it, but for turmeric to deliver all its benefits, it should not be tasted alone. It always adapts to pepper or chili because, without these on which it is grafted, turmeric has a lifespan inside your body of the order of a fraction of a second ", explains the professor.

As a reminder, turmeric has anti-inflammatory properties, contributes to the protection of the joints or even helps to limit the accumulation of fat. 

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Haro on the orange 

"We have perverted the orange," protests Professor David Khayat.

"Orange is a winter fruit, but now we eat it all year round, which is not good. Because in this fruit, there is a substance called psoralen, which is very sensitive to ultraviolet rays. light. Problem? When exposed to light, they become carcinogenic. This explains why people who consume orange juice all year round are more prone to melanoma. "

The solution is to consume oranges in winter, when exposure to the sun is the least, but also to favor other types of juice.

"If you have a juice extractor at home, I strongly advise you to prepare a juice based on 60% pomegranate, 40% of a green apple 150 grams of ginger. At the last moment, add turmeric and pepper . It makes a quintessential anti-cancer drink. "