If I asked: Why do you eat? Quite a good number of people will say because we are hungry. There is much more to this answer because it is not just about eating to quench your hunger but eating healthy foods that have nutrients that are capable of helping your body function properly. You have a choice to make here, and the purpose of this piece is to try, as much as possible, to assist you in making healthy eating choices through the healthy eating guidelines we want to share here.
Healthy eating guideline will help you choose the right variety of foods – foods that will contain the right amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. These foods will guarantee you a strong and healthy body where the burden of sickness, and under or over-weight will come under your control. Here we go:
1. Your healthy food diet should comprise 60% vegetables; 20% fruits; 10% carbohydrates and 10% proteins. Your proteins should, inter alia, come from meat, milk, fish, egg and beans. Your sources of carbohydrates should be cassava, rice, potato, millet, etc. Your minerals and vitamins would come mainly from vegetables and fruits respectively. Such vegetables and fruits include lettuce, cabbage, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, celery, garlic, etc and orange, lemon, banana, watermelon, apple, guava, etc respectively.
