Healthy Eating

March is the National Nutrition Month when the focus would be on developing a sensible diet, being aware of food choices and balancing diet with regular exercise.

�Back to the basics' seems to be the cue for healthy eating and as this year's theme is �Eat Right With Color', plan on adding color by including more fruits and vegetables. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend more focus on a plant-based diet, combining it with lean meats, fish and poultry, and low-fat milk and dairy products.

Now, in 2011, it has been recommended that we forget all diet fads and focus on what people ate in the healthy past - fresh vegetables and fruits, cheese, milk, soup, homemade bread and milk.

Setting simple goals instead of following some highly-hyped diet fad helps in building up a healthy nutrition program. Eating less of salt and sugary foods; eating smaller portions; adding fresh and dried herbs to flavor foods instead of salt; including more vegetables to soups; eating a little extra when it comes to fruits; all these actions are not earth shaking, but are sensible and practical, setting us on the path to healthful eating.



Source: Medindia