The ‘Well Balanced’ Diet
 If you are prepared to adjust your life to suit a diet, it ought to be a diet that you can use for the rest of your life. A short-term-fix unbalanced diet may have an adverse effect on your health. If you are not eating enough of the right kind of foods, or too much of the wrong ones, your health may be affected. Heart disease is the number one killer in the UK, and can be caused directly from poor diet. There are lots of other problems that can arise if you are not eating a balanced diet such as weak bones, bad skin, low energy and much more.
What Is A Balanced Diet?
The key to a healthy, balanced diet is to eat a variety of foods, which for most people means eating more fruit and vegetables, more bread, cereals and potatoes, and less fatty and sugary foods. Your diet should ensure that you are getting your RDA, or Recommended Daily Allowance of nutrients. RDA is the amounts of selected nutrients considered adequate to meet the known nutrient needs of healthy people. The Food Guide Pyramid will give you a good indication of the right kind of foods you should be eating on a daily basis.
The Food Guide Pyramid
The Food Guide Pyramid is an outline of the types of food that you should be eating as part of your daily food intake. The pyramid ensures that you are eating not only the right kind of foods, but in the right amount so your body gets the nutrients and calories to maintain a healthy weight.
Ideally intake of foods from the Fat group should be less than 30% of your daily food intake. The healthiest types of fat to choose are unsaturated fats such as sunflower oil or corn oil. The types of fat to stay away from are the saturated fats such as butter. Moderation is the key. A simple change from butter to margarine is a simple way to start cutting down on your saturated fat intake.
Researching a diet a friend told you about?
HealthExpress believes a well balanced diet in conjunction with regular exercise is the best and most effective way to lose and manage your weight – for life. Commercial diets, made popular through celebrity endorsement are often effective at short term weight loss, but may be detrimental to your health in the long run.
If you wish to start a new diet, it is recommended that you speak to your doctor first, as some diet concepts may not be suitable for you. However, to help you with your research, we have put together a list of the most popular diets…
List of Diets A to K --> List of Diets M to Z |
