12 Tips For A Healthy Diet

12 Tips For A Healthy Diet book cover — Table of Contents Choose Fruit often Find Your Favorite Vegetables Go for Whole Grains 8 Choose Healthy Fats 10 Find the Right Balance of Diet and exercise 12 Drink Low Fat Milk or Water 14 Save Sugar for Special occasions 16 Enjoy Whole Natural Foods 18 Eat throughout the Day 20 Pick Lean Protein 22 Read the Food Label 24 Have Fun in the Garden Market and Kitchen 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the Author 32

12 Tips For A Healthy Diet — page 1 — Choose Fruit often Have you heard the saying an apple your skin heal when you get a cut a day keeps the doctor away They help your bones grow strong Apples like all fruits contain You also need minerals for health vitamins These are nutrients your Fruits are a good source of minerals cells need to work well and keep you Some help your brain spinal cord healthy Vitamins help your eyes see and nerves work together to control better in dim light They also help your body Others keep your muscles you see different colors Vitamins working Some help red blood cells help you make red blood cells and carry oxygen through your body they turn food into energy They help Others keep your bones healthy The vitamins in fruit make your immune system stronger so you can fight off

12 Tips For A Healthy Diet — page 2 — 46 5 Like vitamins minerals help your body fight off infection and heal after a cut Average pounds 21 1 kg of fresh fruit eaten every year by each American Fruit is loaded with fiber Fiber is the Fruits give you important part of a plant that your body can't vitamins and minerals digest It makes you feel full before Fiber in fruits has many you overeat Fiber passes through benefits your body and carries away waste It Fruits are naturally sweet causes sugar to be moved into your Fruits make a healthy snack or dessert blood more slowly so you have a steady stream of energy Another bonus is that many fruits In addition to being so good for are ready to eat and travel well you fruit makes a perfect snack or Oranges tangerines and bananas dessert because it tastes sweet even have their own wrappers Grapes or plums need only a quick

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