Principles for Healthful Food Choices

A healthful diet requires good food choices. Keep in mind the following food principles:

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·         Variety: The most important principle of eating well is selecting a variety of foods. This ensures a wide range of nutrients to support a healthy body, and the various textures, tastes and colors enhance the pleasure of eating.

·         Quality: Choose the majority of your foods from whole foods, not refined ones. Such foods are nutrient-dense rather than calorie-dense.

·         Moderation: some important component of a healthful diet we should eat only in small amounts. Our bodies require adequate amount of the essential fats as well as small amounts of salt to maintain our electrolytes. But obesity is a growing problem worldwide. It’s even possible to eat too much good food! We must balance the amount of energy we expend in physical activity if we are to remain at a healthful weight.

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·         Avoidance: highly refined foods that often have large amounts of their nutritional elements removed should be avoided, as should foods and beverages that have no nutritional value (for example, alcohol, coffee and sodas).

Some people eat as though they don’t believe it makes any difference what they consume, but it does.

Dr. ENOCK APPIAH (ND/CHA)

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