• Enjoy your food
• Eat a variety of different food
• Eat the right amount to be a healthy weight  
• Eat plenty of foods rich in starch and fibre
• Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables
• Don't eat too many foods that contain a lot of fat
• Don't have sugary foods and drinks too often
• If you drink alcohol, drink sensibly
• The Balance of Good Health demonstrates the variety of foods that we should be eating and can be applied to all healthy individuals over the age of 5.

• Bread, potatoes and other cereals which should make up a third of your daily intake be careful not to add any saturated fat!
• Fruit and vegetables.  Almost everyone should be eating more of these. For more details of why and how please see the Department of Health's '5 a day' information. 

• A minimum of at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day is required and again should make up a further third of your daily intake.
• You should eat only moderate amounts of meat, poultry, fish, eggs and vegetarian alternatives.  Red meat can be quite high in saturated fat, so make sure you trim off any visible fat and try to grill or roast meat and fish rather than frying                         
• Try to eat 2 or 3 servings from the milk and dairy foods group.  A serving is about 200ml of milk, 150g of yoghurt or a matchbox size of cheese. 
• Foods containing fat and foods containing sugar - most people should be eating less of these.  A small amount of fat in the diet is essential, but try to get this from monosaturated and polyunsaturated fats.  Avoid saturated, hydrogenated and trans fats.  Find out more about fats from the  Food Standards Agency website.

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