- Adequacy: The foods that we eat provide enough of each essential nutrient, fiber, and energy.
- Balance: The foods chosen do not supply too much of one nutrient or food type and not enough of others.
- Calorie control: The foods that we consume supply the appropriate amount of energy that is needed to maintain a healthy weight (not too much and not too little).
- Moderation: Our food choices do not provide excess fat, salt, sugar or other unwanted substances.
- Variety: Different foods should be chosen from day to day to supply an array of nutrients to the body (Sizer & Whitney, 2011).
Other excuses for choosing the wrong foods may be that healthy foods are too expensive when all actuality, eating right costs no more than eating poorly (Sizer & Whitney, 2011). According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a typical fast food lunch of a 1/4 pound hamburger with cheese, medium french fries, large soda and a chocolate chip cookie costs about $6.39 and a home made turkey sandwich on whole wheat with mustard, lettuce and tomato, a small bottle of water, apple, graham crackers and a low fat yogurt costs about $3.61 ("We Can!", n.d.). In addition, here is another comparison from http://sparkpeople.com-
Eating a healthy diet can be difficult in this economically challenged, fast paced society that we live in, but with a little knowledge, some innovative time saving food preparations and a conscious effort to make you and your family's health a priority, eating healthy can become almost second nature.
References
Sizer, F. & Whitney, E. (2011). Nutrition Concepts and Controversies. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Romine, S. (2011)$20 food showdown: Fast Foods vs Healthy Foods. Retrieved from http://www.dailyspark.com
We Can! Food comparison chart. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/downloads/tip_comparison.pdf
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