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The Food Guide Pyramid

  • The components of a balanced diet: There is no single food which can provide us with all the nutrients we need to stay healthy and our needs for specific nutrients vary among different stages of life. In order to fuel our body and sustain body functions, everybody should follow a balanced diet which is consisted of but not limited to the following major components:

    • Choose a variety of food.
    • Consume whole grains as the major component of each meal.
    • Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
    • Eat adequate amount of lean meat (including poultry, fish, seafood, eggs) or beans and reduced fat dairy products.
    • Avoid processed or preserved food and food that are rich in fat, cholesterol, salt and sugar.
    • Drink adequate amounts of fluids.
    • Have regular meals.
    • Balance our food intake with regular exercise and maintain a healthy weight.
       

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This Month's Feature
Year 2005:                      
Date
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July 2005 Dark Chocolate May Reduce Blood Pressure, Improve Insulin Resistance
June 2005 Dark Chocolate Seen Healthy For Arteries
May 2005 Low-Glycemic May Be Better Than Low-Fat Diet
April 2005 The Effect of Sugar Intake PDF format
March 2005 Common Medical Procedures & Tests

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  References
  American Association for Thoracic Surgery
 http://www.aats.org
  American Cancer Society
 http://www.cancer.org
  American Heart Association
 http://www.americanheart.org

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