Eating Healthy: 5 Tips to Meet
Your Daily Nutritional
Requirements
Include Vegetables and Fruits
◦ Vegetables and fruits are essential for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. They are an
important source of providing energy to the body. Most vegetables and fruits are low
in fat and calories.
◦ They serve as suppliers of nutrients like vitamins, fibre, potassium and folic acid. They
are effective for maintaining healthy blood pressure and reduce cholesterol. It is
imperative that half of your meal constitutes of vegetables and fruits so that the
requirements of the body are fulfilled adequately.
Protein Plate
◦ Proteins are an imperative source of energy in the body. They can be acquired through
food items like beef, pork, chicken, turkey, eggs, nuts, and beans. Protein is essential
for every part of the body, be it building and repairing of tissues, or maintenance of
your body muscles, bones, skin and even blood.
◦ Protein is a micronutrient and is required by the body in a lesser amount. Therefore,
you need to keep protein a regular part of your meal but less in quantity.