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Health Issues
The Food Guide
According to the Canada Food Guide, consumers should eat a variety of foods, with emphasis on cereals, breads, and other grain products, vegetables and fruit, along with meat and milk products. Studies have suggested that consumers are confused about conflicting studies and reports about healthy eating, and many have turned to fad diets that eliminate entire food groups, such as carbohydrates, or diets that are highly restrictive, and may, in the long term lead to health problems.
A simple solution to ensure that nutrition requirements are being met is to follow the Food Guide, developed by specialists in Health and Human Services. The Food Guide and the featured Dietary Guidelines are based on sound scientific evidence and advocated by leading medical and healthcare professionals nationwide.
Visit http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/nutrition/pube/foodguid/foodguide.html for more information.
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The Food Guide is an eating plan that has withstood the test of time and
promotes a balanced approach to nutrition and wellness. As one
component in a lifestyle that includes both nutrition and exercise, the
Guide starts with a foundation of grain foods and adds all the other
food groups, including fruits and vegetables, meat and protein, dairy
foods and sweets/fats.
Bread Is Healthy
The base or foundation of the Food Guide is 5 to 12 servings
of carbohydrate-rich, low-fat, whole grain products, such as whole wheat, oats, barley or rye. These products are suggested because they are high in starch and fibre. Enriched foods are recommended because they have some vitamins and minerals added back to them. Treat yourself to multi-grain breads, pumpernickel bagels, enriched pasta, brown rice, ready-to-eat cereals, or oatmeal.
A complex carbohydrate, bread is a vital element in a healthy eating plan.
Carbohydrates are the body’s primary fuel for activity and the only form
of energy used by the brain. Complex carbohydrates provide long-term
energy and jump-start your metabolism.
The Problems with Low-Carbohydrate Diets
• Quick-fix instead of healthy weight loss
Some consumers, believing that certain grain products are fattening,
are turning to high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets in search of the
quick-fix weight loss. But decreasing the calories you take in while
increasing the calories you burn off through exercise is still the only
way to lose weight. And nutrition experts agree that the healthiest way
to cut calories is to increase physical activity and eat a low-fat, high-
carbohydrate diet rich in grains, fruits and vegetables.
• Cutting out certain foods that are needed the most
According to fad diets, some foods are good for you and most others are
bad. The truth is, no food is bad, when eaten in moderation. All foods can
fit into a healthy eating plan.
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