| Healthy foods are foods that enhance your healthy | | | | 3. Fruits & Vegetables: When you regularly eat fruits |
| living. These foods make you grow. They give you | | | | and vegetables, you acquire a wide variety of vitamins |
| energy with which to work. Eating healthy foods can | | | | and minerals that are needed and easily assimilated by |
| heal you when you fall sick and it can help your body | | | | your body. Some of these fruits are apple, orange, |
| repair any damaged part. Healthy foods can make | | | | lemon, watermelon, banana, pineapple, avocado, etc. |
| you look 'every year young' and they can make you | | | | For the vegetables, your body needs tomato, |
| have a healthy long life. | | | | cucumber, cabbage, pumpkin, carrot, garlic, onion, green |
| The foundation for a proper nutrition is in whole, pure | | | | beans, etc. |
| and natural foods. Without proper healthy eating, you | | | | 4. Seafoods: Seafoods are high in fatty acids, iodine, |
| can never achieve and maintain good health. Good | | | | omega-3 and vitamins A, D & K. The foods in this |
| health through healthy eating is only possible when you | | | | group include fish and fish liver oil. |
| know what to eat at the right quantity and at the right | | | | 5. Fat: Fat should not be omitted in your healthy food |
| time. | | | | diet so long as it is not more than 30% of your daily |
| There are five major groups of healthy foods. | | | | calorie intake. One of the best sources of fat is from |
| However, at any one meal, you need a combination of | | | | cold-pressed vegetable oils such as soybean oil, fresh |
| 2 or 3 groups in order to achieve a balanced diet. But | | | | palm fruit oil and groundnut oil. These oils are rich in |
| first, let me show you the food groups. | | | | essential fatty acids, lecithin, and vitamins A & E. |
| 1. Whole Grains: Grains are rich in proteins, minerals and | | | | Variety, they say, is the spice of life. Remember that |
| starch. This group includes foods like rice, oats, corn, | | | | by combining the above healthy food groups in the |
| beans, soybeans, peas, wheat, etc. | | | | right proportion will help your body acquire the nutrients |
| 2. Tubers: Tubers are high polysaccharide | | | | you need to boost your immune system in order to |
| carbohydrates. When you eat this class of healthy | | | | adequately fight infections; repair or replace dead cells |
| food, their sugars provide the most important source | | | | and tissues; and also the required energy for your daily |
| of energy for your body. The foods in this category | | | | activities. |
| include potato, yam, plantain, cassava, etc. | | | | |