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Every day we are told to eat more healthily and take greater responsibility for our health.
So what does this mean? What is a healthy diet?
What should you buy and eat to ensure that you are following a healthy eating regime.
The concept of healthy eating is not new, but what constitutes a healthy diet does change.
50 years ago a healthy diet would have looked rather different to that of one today.
Optimum Diet and Health
Much of the current research into nutrition is concerned with determining the optimum diet for health. It is known that many foods help to combat diseases, and likewise, others cause disease.
In an ideal world everyone will know what to eat to ensure that they achieve optimum health, even if the food is not always available. It is important to mention first that there are not really any “bad” foods.
A bad diet is not one that includes a few “unhealthy” foods, but a diet that is unbalanced. Sugar, fat and salt are all essential in a healthy diet, but consuming too much is what causes problems.
