Eating well or good nutrition means that you must try and enjoy a diversity of nutritious food from each of the 5 food groups.
If you want to enjoy a healthy
living you absolutely must eat a variety of foods from each of these groups because
your body will absorb every nutrients and vitamins to function well.
These 5 food groups make up the
Australian guide to eat right. We can split foods to 5 groups, each food group
provide almost similar amounts of key nutrients. Let’s take an example, the key
nutrients of milk, yogurt, cheese and alternatives food group include protein
and calcium. In the other hand, fruit group is a rich source of vitamins, specifically
vitamin C. Let’s take another example, in the vegetables and legumes food group,
orange vegetables, for instance, carrots and pumpkins contain altogether more Vitamin
“A” than different vegetables, for example, white potatoes.
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It isn't important to eat from
every nutrition type every meal. Truth be told, in certain occurrences, you
just need to eat a portion of the nourishments in every food class two or three
times a week to enjoy a healthy living.
Let’s take a look at the Five
Food Groups and discover the incredible variety and the abundance of choice
there is when eating from these groups.
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Dairy and/or their
alternatives: the foods in this group are excellent sources of calcium,
which is essential for strong and healthy bones. Not many other foods in our
diet contain as much calcium as these foods.
Fruit: fruit provides
vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and many phytonutrients (nutrients naturally
present in plants), that help your body stay healthy.
Grain (cereal) foods:
always choose wholegrain and/or high fiber varieties of bread, cereals, rice,
pasta, noodles, etc. Refined grain products (such as cakes or
biscuits) can be high in added sugar, fat and sodium.
Lean meats and poultry, fish,
eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans: our bodies use the
protein we eat to make specialized chemicals such as hemoglobin and
adrenalin. Protein also builds, maintains, and repairs the tissues in
our body. Muscles and organs (such as your heart) are primarily made of
protein.
Vegetables and legumes/beans:
vegetables should make up a large part of your daily food intake and should
be encouraged at every meal (including snack times).
They provide vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and phytonutrients
(nutrients naturally present in plants) to help your body stay healthy.
