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Healthy Eating

Why should I make healthy food choices? why eat healthy


   Eating a healthy, balanced diet provides nutrients to your body. These
   nutrients give you energy and keep your heart beating, your brain
   active, and your muscles working.

   Nutrients also help build and strengthen bones, muscles, and tendons
   and also regulate body processes, such as blood pressure.

   Good nutrition can lower your risk of developing a range of chronic
   diseases.  For example, eating more fruit and vegetables can help lower
   blood pressure and may lower your risk of certain types of cancer (such
   as colorectal, breast, lung and prostate cancer). Eating less saturated
   fat may also lower your risk of heart disease.

   Healthy eating can also help people that already have some types of
   disease or illness such as diabetes, high cholesterol and blood
   pressure.  And, of course, improving your eating habits will contribute
   to you achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.

   Try to achieve a balance with the foods you eat and include lots of
   variety and remember, all things in moderation.



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     * Life Live Well: Healthy Eating Initiatives in NSW


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