Good nutrition means eating foods each day that will give you the vitamins, minerals, and other things you need to keep your body strong.

It means eating foods that give you enough calories to have a healthy body weight. It means getting enough protein to keep your body built up and repair any damage it may have.

A healthy diet

All our lives, it seems, we’ve been told to “eat a balanced diet.” Have you ever found yourself wondering what that means? Very simply, it means making daily meals and snacks of foods contained in the basic food groups.

These are the kinds of foods known to make us healthy. All the foods in each group are very similar in their nutritional value.

Fruits and vegetables

Salads, cooked vegetables, raw or cooked fruits and juices are in this group.

They supply many of the vitamins and minerals your body needs.

Protein-rich food

Meats, fish, poultry, eggs and cheese are in this group. They give you protein as well as many vitamins and minerals.

Bread and cereal

Bread, grains and cereals are in this group. They have a variety of vitamins, minerals and some protein in them.

Dairy products

Milk, cheese and yogurt are in this group. They give you protein, vitamins and a lot of calcium.

Eat two servings or more each day.

(SD-Agencies)