Food and Health: The Ultimate Guide To Foods

By Toni Rain

Consuming large doses of junk food that provide little nourishment is harmful to our health. This is why it has often been said that food is one of the most abused of our possessions.
What constitutes a healthful diet? And what kind of adjustments can we make in our diet to ensure we are eating right?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Toni Rain
• Release date: Oct 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370526161

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Food and Health

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FOODS WHICH GIVE BOUNDLESS ENERGY AND HELP IN BODY AND MIND WELLNESS ACHIEVEMENT

INTRODUCTION

Consuming large doses of junk food that provide little nourishment is harmful to our health. This is why it has often been said that food is one of the most abused of our possessions.

What constitutes a healthful diet? And what kind of adjustments can we make in our diet to ensure we are eating right?

The Essence of a Healthful Diet is basically about making healthy choices from the group of foods that are available where we live. For help in making healthy choices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends the use of a four-tiered food guide pyramid.

At the base of this pyramid are complex carbohydrates, made up of grain foods, such as bread, cereal, rice, and pasta. These foods form the foundation of what we can call a healthful diet. Following that (tiers two and three) are two equal sections, i.e. vegetables and fruits and protein sources. These groups also include forms of complex carbohydrates. Most of your daily diet should be selected from these three food groups.

Finally, at the very top of the food pyramid is a small area that includes fats, oils, and sweets. These are categories of foods that provide very few nutrients, and so should be eaten sparingly. The recommendation is that most of your foods should be chosen from the bottom part of the pyramid and that you want fewer from the top. But rather than