| A healthy diet involves eating foods that are good | | | | harmful in causing high blood pressure. Adults |
| for you. It doesn't mean that you haveto eat | | | | shouldconsume less than 2300 mg. of sodium per |
| foods you don't like or special health foods that | | | | day. |
| can be quite expensive. What isdoes mean is that | | | | Processed foods, while they are quick and easy, |
| you should be careful of the oils and fat in the | | | | are loaded with trans fats. Read the labelto see |
| foods. Having a diet thatis healthy does not | | | | whether the food contains hydrogenated |
| necessarily mean that you are losing weight either. | | | | vegetable oil. This is not good for yourheart. |
| It simply meansyou are eating foods that are | | | | Drinking too many soft drinks, even if they are |
| good for your heart and your body. | | | | diet drinks, is not a healthypractice. Your diet |
| Fast food, for example, is loaded with saturated | | | | should include fruit juice and water, rather than |
| fats. While it may be impossible for youto cut this | | | | soda pop. |
| out of your diet all together, there are ways you | | | | Eat fresh fruits and vegetables instead of junk |
| can minimize the effect that itcan have on your | | | | food for snacks. Some fruits andvegetables help |
| body. When you dine at a restaurant, try to | | | | you lose weight but still feel full. They have |
| choose foods that are bakedrather than fried. | | | | negative calories, whichmeans that you body has |
| This means replacing French Fries with mashed | | | | to burn calories to digest them. Eating healthy |
| potato, for example. | | | | may mean thatyou have to change the way you |
| While it is healthy to drink milk every day and the | | | | plan your meals and the time of day that you eat. |
| food guide tells you that you should,take a look at | | | | Breakfast is the most important meal of the day |
| the milk you drink. Instead of using whole milk, | | | | and eating a good breakfast could makethe |
| use 2%, skim milk or fat-free milk. Try to avoid | | | | difference in you eating foods that are unhealthy |
| foods that are high in sodium, as these foods will | | | | when you get hungry and are in ahurry. |
| cause you toretain water. They can also be | | | | |