Health

The basic rules of healthy eating

Judy Davie

By Judy Davie

“I need help with the daily meal prep for both my partner and myself (and we both want to lose weight) and my seven-year-old daughter. I don’t want to be preparing different meals for each person.”

There’s no reason why you have to make different meals for the whole family. Whether you need to lose weight or just want to maintain good health the principles of healthy eating are the same. What you need to do is modify your portion sizes, increase the level of physical activity and cut back on treats.

The basic rules of healthy eating include:

Eating five serves of fresh veggies and two serves of fruit each day and including the best choices from each food group with each meal.

The food groups include:

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