What Exactly Is Healthy Eating?

What Exactly Is Healthy Eating?

OK, so clearly defining a “healthy diet” is not possible, what about healthy eating? Healthy eating can mean many different things. As a guide, these are all considered to be examples of healthy eating:

• Eating on a regular basis, generally 3-6 times a day
• Starting your day with breakfast
• Limit junk food
• Limit processed food
• Eating mostly a vegetarian diet
• Eat a variety of different foods
• Not eating sweets or other sugary foods
• Ensuring a good balance of carbohydrates, proteins and fats
• Controlling calories to avoid weight gain
• Eating fresh fruits and raw or partly cooked vegetables
• Limiting red meat
• Avoid saturated fat
• Not eating late at night
• Eating a mostly low to medium GI diet
• Eating at least 5 portions of fruits and vegetables each day
• Limit salt
• Limit alcohol
• Preparing meals from fresh ingredients
• Not relying on bread (or any other staple) for most energy

There are obviously many other rules that you could apply to a healthy diet. Once you factor in seasonal, regional and cultural variations this list will change. Some cultures do not consider pork to be healthy, others avoid foods out of season. Many Chinese people follow rules set out in Traditional Chinese Medicine, such as not eating cold foods during the winter.

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