Being Healthy
Healthy eating means:-
• Enjoying your food
• Eating a variety of different foods
• Eating the right amount to be a healthy weight
• Eating plenty of starchy foods like bread, pasta, rice and potatoes
• Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables
• Not eating too many foods that contain a lot of fat
• Not having sugary foods and drinks too often
• Not eating too much salt, or too many foods that are high in salt.
Unfortunately, not many of us follow this advice! National surveys show that we are eating too much fat, sugar and salt, and not enough fruit and vegetables and fibre.
Tips for Following a Healthy Diet
• Enjoy your food and eat slowly.
• Eat regular, balanced meals, including breakfast every day.
• Have some high fibre starchy food at each meal e.g. potatoes with their skins on,
• wholemeal bread, wholemeal pasta and wholemeal rice.
• Eat more fish. Include a portion of oily fish (salmon, mackerel, sardines, kippers,
• pilchards, trout etc) each week.
• Eat less fatty foods and sugary foods e.g. cakes, pastries, pies, biscuits, sweets,
• crisps, fizzy drinks.
• Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Aim for at least 5 portions a day.
• Use pepper, herbs or spices to flavour food instead of salt.
• Drink plenty of fluids – Try water or sugar free drinks.
• Enjoying your food
• Eating a variety of different foods
• Eating the right amount to be a healthy weight
• Eating plenty of starchy foods like bread, pasta, rice and potatoes
• Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables
• Not eating too many foods that contain a lot of fat
• Not having sugary foods and drinks too often
• Not eating too much salt, or too many foods that are high in salt.
Unfortunately, not many of us follow this advice! National surveys show that we are eating too much fat, sugar and salt, and not enough fruit and vegetables and fibre.
Tips for Following a Healthy Diet
• Enjoy your food and eat slowly.
• Eat regular, balanced meals, including breakfast every day.
• Have some high fibre starchy food at each meal e.g. potatoes with their skins on,
• wholemeal bread, wholemeal pasta and wholemeal rice.
• Eat more fish. Include a portion of oily fish (salmon, mackerel, sardines, kippers,
• pilchards, trout etc) each week.
• Eat less fatty foods and sugary foods e.g. cakes, pastries, pies, biscuits, sweets,
• crisps, fizzy drinks.
• Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Aim for at least 5 portions a day.
• Use pepper, herbs or spices to flavour food instead of salt.
• Drink plenty of fluids – Try water or sugar free drinks.