Article: Are We What We Eat?
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Are We What We Eat?
Whenever we talk about diet, there are numerous things that
come to mind. There are mainly two meanings of the word
diet. They both relate to food. First one can be defined
as food that we take into our body. For example, eating a
well-balanced diet. Another one can be defined as losing
weight.
A balanced diet contains proper portions of five basic food
groups. To ensure optimum health and a balanced diet, it is
essential to have a proper portion of each group, each day.
The amount of food needed gets smaller as we move up the
"pyramid". Bread, rice, cereal and pasta are in the bottom
group. 6 to 11 servings every day from this group are
needed.
After that, on the pyramid is the vegetable group. Nearly
everyone requires 3 to...
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