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While you already know it is important to eat a healthy diet, you might find it difficult ot sort through all of the information about nutrition and food choices. Here are the basics.

The Basics

While you already know it is important to eat a healthy diet, you might find it difficult to sort through all of the information about nutrition and food choices. Here are the basics.





A healthy diet can help protect you from heart disease, bone loss, colorectal cancer, and type 2 diabetes. The food choices you make each day will affect how you feel today and in the future.  

The Benefits

A healthy diet can help protect you from heart disease, bone loss, colorectal cancer, and type 2 diabetes. The food choices you make each day will affect how you feel today and in the future.

 

 
Understanding the USDA's MyPlate food guide

Learn more about the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food guidance system, ChooseMyPlateChooseMyPlate
 

Information on Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten Free Healthy Eating

Vegan: A 100% plant based diet can be healthy. A few sites for further information:.fruitsveggies

Vegan Outreach

Vegan Health

Vegan Recipes


Vegetarian: A diet based on plants with eggs and dairy included.

Vegetarian Nutrition

Vegetarian Starter Kit

Healthy Vegetarian Recipes


Gluten Free: Many people live with food allergies and need to be gluten free to be healthy.

Gluten Free Productswalnuts

Gluten Free Girl.

Celiac Disease

 
 

Learn about the role of water, dietary fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals in your diet.

More Nutrition Basics 

Learn about the role of water, dietary fat, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals in your diet.

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