Eating Healthy

You are what you eat! One way to assure a healthy lifestyle is to make informed choices regarding the foods you eat. Health Canada offers the following basic guidelines for healthy eating:

• emphasize cereals, breads, other grain products, vegetables and fruit;
• choose lower-fat dairy products, leaner meats and food prepared with little or no fat;
• achieve and maintain a healthy body weight by enjoying regular physical activity and healthy eating; and
• limit salt, alcohol and caffeine.

How Fit is Your Diet?
The following sites offer interactive self-assessments and fact sheets that can help you with meal planning and boost your knowledge on healthy eating.

• Dietitians of Canada (www.dietitians.ca)
• American Dietetic Association Fact Sheets

Nutritional Resources
Here is a partial listing of other online nutritional resources that can assist you in reaching your dietary goals.

• Canadian Health Network (www.canadian-health-network.ca)
  CHN gives support to Canadians for making informed choices about their health, by providing access to multiple sources of credible and practical e-health information.

• Dial-a-Dietician (www.dialadietitian.org)
  Dial-a-Dietitian Nutrition Information Society of B.C. is a telephone nutrition information service that provides nutrition advice, specific diet guidelines and resource sharing.

• Health Canada (www.hc-sc.gc.ca)
  Health Canada is the federal department responsible for helping the people of Canada maintain and improve their health.

• American Dietetic Association (www.eatright.org)
  The ADA Web site promotes optimal nutrition, health and well-being.

• Dr. Koop (www.drkoop.com)
  Dr. Koop offers daily consumer-friendly advice about health and wellness.

• Health Central (www.healthcentral.com)
  Information and products for a healthier life.