Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health. The Eat Well Guide shows that to have a healthy, balanced diet, people should try to:
- eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day
- base meals on higher fibre starchy foods like potatoes, bread, rice or pasta
- have some dairy or dairy alternatives (such as soya drinks)
- eat some beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other protein
- choose unsaturated oils and spreads, and eat them in small amounts; and drink plenty of fluids.
Fruit and veg consumption is often used as a quick indicator of the number of people who eat a broader healthy diet.
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