Healthy feeding in 2013

Healthy feeding in 2013

Health and Life Africa, an online nutrition platform, defines a healthy diet thus, ‘The simplest definition of a healthy diet is one that provides the daily energy requirements with foods with varied but essential nutrients.’

No doubt, eating healthy has become important in the scheme of things for many Nigerian families. This partly owes to the growing need to live well by eating well.

But while many set out at the beginning of each year to give their families a healthier routine of meals, only a few stay true to it.

The reasons are obvious: the race to make ends meet usually encroaches on the better part of time required to fix good meals.

That is why many people, no matter how buoyant their purses are, often end up with junk meals. This is at the risk of not eating at all.

No matter your category, it is essential to eat balanced diets all year round because what you eat reflects in your health.

However, the basic rule to eating healthy is not to rely heavily on staple foods such as bread, grains, rice, pasta, potatoes, except they are richly complemented with lots of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy.

BY BOSEDE OLUSOLA-OBASA

Punch Newspaper