healthy diet - how to eat to live happily (and healthily) ever after
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Healthy Diet - how to eat to live happily (and healthily) ever after
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Healthy diet means probably something slightly different to each of us. Some
people will say it is about reducing salt or saturated fat intake, others - that
about eating more fruits and vegetables. So who is right? Possibly all of these
answers are correct because there is not just one way of eating healthy. But to
make sure our way is, we shouldn't concentrate on one aspect of our diet only,
we should take a holistic approach and remember about these key
characteristics of any healthy diet:
Adequacy – everyday we should eat sufficient amounts of food from each of
the nutrient groups: carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins and minerals (so no point of avoiding carbohydrates ;-))
Balance – on daily basis we should eat food that represents each of the food
groups: proteins, grains, pulses, dairy, vegetables and fruit,
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Variety – it is better to consume many different ingredients in small portions than a few in big quantities and also
Correct amounts of calories and nutrients
If we follow all of the above guidelines, we can be sure our diet will provide us
with adequate nutrients that will promote our health and if not prevent, then at
least reduce a risk of chronic diseases.
And what about “bad” food? Having an occasional exception (read sinful (read:
unhealthy) food) from the rule of maintaining the healthy diet is alright as long
as this is an exception and not the rule: because there are no “bad” foods, there
are only bad diets.