We are all different and so a healthy diet means different things. For a coeliac gluten would not be included in a healthy diet. Yet we talk about a Mediterranean diet as being healthy and that often includes pasta.
If you are a non-meat eater then a healthy diet for you would look very different from someone who eats meat. And how many portions of vegetables do I really need to eat every day?
And what about other health conditions, how do they work in a healthy diet?
It is far too wide a term to use. It really doesn't mean anything, and could mean anything. It's not helpful.
What does food need to give us?
Food needs to contain essential ingredients for health. Essential means that we cannot make it and so we need to consume it in our diet.
We need essential vitamins, minerals, essential fats. Some of them we need to consume daily, and others we just need to make sure we top up regularly.
And then there are lots of health promoting ingredients such as antioxidants, phytonutrients such as lycopene, resveratrol, or beta carotene which promote health and wellbeing and form part of a healthy diet.
But unless you are a nutritionist, or you have a meal plan created specifically for you, how do you know that you are eating a healthy diet?
My four simple rules for a healthy plate of food
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