Nutritionist named a safe amount of mayonnaise consumption per day

Mayonnaise is among the products whose consumption should be limited. About this nutritionist, nutriciologist Sofia Kovanova told on Thursday, December 19. She also broke down the composition of this sauce.

"Mayonnaise contains a large amount of trans fats, cholesterol, fat-soluble vitamins and vitamins B", - said the expert in conversation with aif.ru.

According to the nutritionist, mayonnaise can be useful for those who do not eat cheese, beef or eggs, as it contains vitamins E and K, as well as omegas 3-6-9. These substances have positive effects on hormonal status, skin and heart health.

"On average, a healthy person can eat 20-30 g of mayonnaise a day, which corresponds to one tablespoon or two teaspoons," Kovanova specified.

In addition, the nutritionist suggested replacing mayonnaise in salads on the New Year's table with yogurt.

Earlier in the day, SM-Clinica endocrinologist Ekaterina Kazachkova spoke about ways to make salads more useful, RT reports. She noted that vegetables in salads are a source of vitamins and fiber. The expert recommended using lean meat and more vegetables in Olivier, and replacing mayonnaise with yogurt.

December 17, nutritionist Elena Solomatina told Life.Ru that high-quality mayonnaise can benefit the body, while a product of poor quality can harm health.

The medic noted that low-quality mayonnaise often contains trans fats. To avoid inflammation in the body and the development of atherosclerosis, it is necessary to compensate for their consumption with a sufficient amount of omega-3 fatty acids, reports 360.ru.

In turn, nutriciologist, candidate of biological sciences Elena Lepekhina said that New Year's salads will be many times more useful if you give up sausage and mayonnaise, reports NSN.

Doctor-endocrinologist, nutritionist Natalia Shvedova specified that without mayonnaise salad can be kept up to 24 hours, and with mayonnaise - no more than 12 hours, reported on the website kp.ru.

Earlier, on November 24, candidate of medical sciences, gastroenterologist of the European Medical Center (EMC) Natalia Kharchenko told "Izvestia" about how to make New Year's dishes healthier. According to the expert, it is better to prepare classic recipes of festive dishes without adding mayonnaise. She also advised to choose lean meat, not to overeat and limit alcohol consumption or to give preference to dry wines.

In turn, the deputy director of the ANO SIC "Healthy Nutrition" Alexei Kabanov said that fatty meat products, fatty milk, products with a lot of sugar strongly increase cholesterol, reports IA Regnum.