The document provides information and recommendations about eating a healthy, balanced diet according to the food pyramid guidelines. It discusses the importance of eating a variety of foods from all major food groups each day, including vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy, proteins, and fats in moderation. Specific foods are highlighted for each group along with serving size recommendations to aim for a nutritious diet.
2. • Having a healthy and balanced diet is important to any person’s health
• A nutritious an balanced diet, means eating foods from all food groups
FOOD GUIDE
3. VEGETABLES
• You should try to eat at least 5 portions of both fruit and veg a day
• Vegetables can be eaten either fresh, frozen, fried, mashed or canned
for it to count as part of your 5 a day
• Carrots, Spinach, Peas, Corn, Squash are some vegetables that you can
find within local shops
• Again just like with fruit you can mix vegetables together to make
various smoothies.
4. FRUITS
• You should try to eat at least 5 portions of both fruit and veg a day
• Apples, Bananas, Strawberries, Grapes, Oranges, Melons etc. are just
some of the well known and delicious fruits you can by from shops.
• You don’t just have to eat fruits as the fruit themselves, you can mix
various fruits together with other healthy products to make things
such as smoothies and milkshakes.
5. FATS
• Fatty foods, are foods such as chips, butter, cream and fried food.
• You should eat as little fatty foods and sugar foods as possible as fatty
and sugar foods can contribute to things such as weight gain (obesity)
dental and heart problems
• These types of food have no or very little vitamins in them or nutrients.
6. GRAINS
• Grain foods are foods like bread, cereal, rice, oats; anything that’s
made from wheat is a grain product.
• You should eat roughly 6oz of foods within the grain category every
day.
• Grain products help to give you energy as they are carbohydrates.
7. DAIRY
• Dairy products help to provide your body with calcium; calcium helps
your body’s bones to develop and strengthen
• Dairy products are things like cheese, milk, yogurt and ice cream
• The dairy products you should choose are foods that are fat free and
low in fat
• You should consume roughly around 3 cups of dairy foods a day.
8. OTHER FOODS
• Beef, lamb, pork, chicken are food products part of the meat group
• Beans, fish, eggs, nuts and poultry are other food products that you
should consider consuming to help create a health and balanced diet
• Most of these choices should be lean and low in fat; foods like fish
and nuts are good to consume as they contain oils that are healthy.
• You should eat roughly 5 ½ oz. of these foods every day.
