BALANCE DIET AND ITS BENEFITS
What is a balanced diet?
The Foods Standards Agency defines a balance diet as having ‘a
variety of foods, basing meals on starchy foods and eating at least 5 portions
of fruit and veg a day.’ They also recommend having moderate amounts of fish (2
portions a week one being oily) moderating the amount of protein you have and
having small or occasional amounts of food high in fat or sugar.
The importance of nutrition and a balanced diet
Nutrition is vital for your body and all of its systems to function properly, by having good nutrition it will help you maintain a healthy weight, reduce body fat, provide your body with energy, promote good sleep and generally make you feel better. This has been proven through many scientific studies and is now well documented. By having good nutrition it has been proven that you are less likely to develop many of the present-day diseases.
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