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http://www.tastesofhealth.eu/2014/11/healthy-diet-how-to-eat-to-live- happily.html Healthy Diet - how to eat to live happily (and healthily) ever after www.tastesofhealth.eu 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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http://www.tastesofhealth.eu/2014/11/healthy-diet-how-to-eat-to-live-happily.html

Healthy Diet - how to eat to live happily (and healthily) ever after

www.tastesofhealth.eu

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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http://www.tastesofhealth.eu/2014/11/healthy-diet-how-to-eat-to-live-happily.html

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.