The bread and butter stuff: Back to basics
What you eat now has an impact on your future health. The good news is being healthy doesn’t mean going on a drastic diet or giving up your favourite foods.
Getting the most out of your diet
Remember these 5 steps:
- Eat the right amount of food for how active you are – basically, if the food you eat gives you more energy than you need, then the excess is turned into fat
- Aim to eat a third of your food as starchy food (rice, pasta, bread)
- Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and get into the habit of eating 5-a-day
- Cut down on fat
- Eat less sugar
To get the most out of your diet, it’s good to know some of the basics about why certain foods are so important. The next section of this guide shows you how.