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Keeping a healthy body is all about balance. Each of your body's systems constantly tries to stay in balance. It is this balance that keeps your body's systems functioning and your health stable.

Everyone has heard of the phrase "balanced diet". However, how many people actually know what that phrase means? What is a balanced diet?

There is no single path to a balanced diet. A balanced diet includes a daily mixture of foods from each of the basic food groups. The best way to guarantee that you are getting enough proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals and vitamins is to eat different foods from each of the different food groups. Maintaining a balanced diet also means that balancing the food you eat with physical exercise. In other words, …show more content…

Nobody. If you choose a wide variety of healthy foods, it will help you maintain a balanced diet on a daily basis. So pick several different types of foods within each food group. Even if you love apples, try changing things up - eat a banana instead. Every week, make sure you are eating strawberries, cantaloupe, plums, nectarines, and grapes. Throw in a mango or some kiwi every so often.

Fruits and vegetables play an important and vital role in a balanced diet. Nutritional powerhouses, they provide you with much needed fiber, which also controls hunger. Vegetables are especially good for you. They are low in calories. They are also full of healthy phytochemicals which help stave off disease. Make sure you eat at least two helpings of vegetables and two helpings of fruit each and every day. Ideally, you should increase that number to three or four helpings. A helping should be half a cup or an entire fruit (excluding …show more content…

Bring them to work or school or whenever you are in the car. This habit will keep your diet balanced and healthy and help cancel out any high-calorie, high-fat meals you may have at other times.

Don't like raw vegetables? Well, first of all, have you really given them a chance? It may just be the thought of eating a raw vegetable that you don't like. They aren't as bland as you think they are. In fact, they are full of flavor. Try some now, especially if you haven't eaten any since you were a kid. You may find you like the taste and crunch now.

After trying them, if you still find you don't like the taste of raw vegetables, there is still hope. Try grilling them. This is a fast and simple way to make vegetables. Great vegetables to grill include peppers, zucchini, asparagus, onions, potatoes, eggplant, and mushrooms. Experiment with others to find your own personal favorites. Grilled vegetables are great for side dishes or to put on top of pasta, rice, or pizza.
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