What Healthy Eating Looks Like
One simple technique is the “Divide Your Plate” strategy.
Picture a dinner plate and divide it in half.
Select a variety of food in sensible portions.”
- Fill one half with vegetables and divide the other half into two quarters.
- Fill one quarter with lean protein, such as fish, skinless poultry, lean beef, beans or tofu.
- Fill the other quarter with a grain-based or starchy side dish, preferably a whole grain like brown rice, whole-wheat pasta or a slice of whole-grain bread.
If you focus on making most of your meals look this way, you’ll automatically be following healthy eating guidelines and choosing appropriate portions—without having to pull out a calorie counter or a measuring cup every time.
Remember that eating well means:
- selecting a variety of foods in sensible portions.
- considering no food either a magic bullet or a forbidden fruit.
- choosing whole foods over processed ones as often as possible.
- embracing vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains.
- including low-fat dairy products, fish and shellfish, lean meats and poultry.
- using herbs, spices and small amounts of olive oil and the other “healthy fats” to make food tastier, healthier and more satisfying
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