我們每天接觸的食物,各有著不同的營養價值及功能,但吃得過多或過少都會影響健康。均衡飲食是健康生活的基礎,只要能按飲食金字塔的比例來進食,你便能從日常飲食中
攝取均衡的營養,使身體健康,並能預防一些和飲食有關的疾病。
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There is no way for a healthy diet which works for everyone, but scientists know a lot about what causes illnesses like heart disease and diabetes(糖尿病). Learning about plans like the Healthy Diet Pyramid can help to avoid these illnesses. The Healthy Diet Pyramid is just a guide to what is good to eat and what is not. It suggests the correct combination of foods you can eat each day to get the number of calories and nutrients you need.
Foods can be split into four major groups and ideally we should eat some from each group on a daily basis. The ones we should eat least are at the top of the Healthy Diet Pyramid and these are oils, fats, sugar and salt.
Next are foods which come mostly from animals: meat, poultry(禽肉), fish, eggs, yoghurt, cheese. These foods are rich in protein, calcium, iron and zinc(鋅). The third level of the pyramid contains vegetables and fruits. Many people need to eat more of these than they do now, because they supply essential vitamins, minerals and fibre. At the very bottom of the pyramid and in the largest group of foods are those which come from grains: rice, noodles, ce-reals(穀類食物) and pasta(義大利麵食). These foods should be the largest part of the foods you eat each day because they provide an important source of energy, as well as vitamins, minerals and fibre.
You may think that foods which come from grains are fattening, but in fact it is the way you cook them that is fattening. You should have between five and seven servings of grain foods a day. Fruit and vegetables should be eaten at least twice a day; meat and other proteins two to three times a day.
Some extra tips: trim the fat off meat and broil, roast, stew or grill it rather than fry; try to eat a low amount of egg yoke(蛋黃) which is high in cholesterol(膽固醇) — use egg whites to increase quantity. Nuts and seeds contain a lot of fat, so try not to overeat these.
All of them are food for thought!
(from Ohana Foundation:www. ohanachina. com)
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split v. to separate into different parts or groups
ideally adv. used to describe the way you would like things to be, even though this may not be possible
trim v. to remove sth. or reduce sth. by cutting food for thought: sth. that makes you think carefully
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