Healthy nutrition

A healthy diet should include a good variety of nutritious foods. These include breads, pastas, fruits and vegetables. Eating breakfast is also an important part of a healthy diet.

Healthy diets contain a variety of foods. In general, we should all eat:

  • A wide variety of nutritious foods
  • Plenty of breads and cereals (particularly wholegrain), vegetables, legumes (such as chickpeas) and fruit
  • Low salt foods, and use salt sparingly
  • Small amounts of foods which contain added sugars.

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