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Healthy Diet Essentials

A healthy diet is one that emphasises fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products; includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts; and is low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars. But just what minerals and nutrients are vital to our health and well-being? Consider these nutrient-dense foods when you’re looking to improve your vitamin and mineral intake. Vitamin A is for good eyesight and optimal functioning of the immune system. Cod liver oil, dairy products, […]

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A New Way to Think About Healthy Food

When you think of ‘healthy’ food, what do you think of? For many of us, this doesn’t exactly bring to mind a gourmet meal. Instead, you might think of healthy foods as being those typical ‘low fat’ sandwiches or crisps that have had all the moisture sucked out of them. Maybe you think of bread that is about as thin (and tasty) as a piece of cardboard! Whatever the case though, healthy food doesn’t have to be this way. Healthy, food should be all the stuff that […]

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