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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.

 

Learn more about the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food guidance system, MyPyramid.
Understanding the USDA food pyramid guide

Learn more about the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food guidance system, MyPyramidThis link will take you to an external Web site (not part of the King County Web site).

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

More Nutrition Basics This link will take you to an external Web site (not part of the King County Web site).

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

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