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A healthy diet plan helps reduce the risk of disease and boosts recovery. It helps in maintaining a healthy metabolism, so food is converted into energy as efficiently as possible. This is the reason why healthy bodies tend to lose weight faster. Healthy eating is especially important in mid-life and later life. In addition, a healthy diet maintains a healthy digestive system which helps us enjoy a wide variety of foods as well as reduces the risk of indigestion and other gastrointestinal complaints.

There is no single healthy diet, meaning there is no set percentage of fats, carbs and proteins. That said, the healthiest diet includes foods from all the main food groups. In general, the healthiest:

Fats are unrefined vegetable oils

Proteins include fish, lean beef and chicken, beans and soy foods

Carbohydrates include vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans

Dietary fiber, both soluble and insoluble, comes from beans, apples, oats, fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds.

Dos and Don’ts while dieting

Too often, diets focus on denial, banning “unhealthy” foods and restricting food choices. Limiting food choices and severely under fueling one’s body can trigger binge eating, defeating all weight loss goals. So the best attitude would be to keep an open mind on the “Don’ts” but concentrate on adopting and inculcating the “Do” philosophy with complete passion and enthusiasm.

If you had your favorite meal prepared and sitting right in front of you I’ll bet anything less than the house burning down wouldn’t stop you from eating it. Even then you might steal at least a few bites as you dashed out the door. The challenge we all face with food is simply abundance. There is too much of it around and it’s too damn tasty to avoid eating. Dividing food up into categories like fats and carbs, and timing meals and all of that stuff is all just a way to get us to eat less of it. But none of those diet tricks ever address the biggest and most influential factor that affects the way we eat, and that factor is: other people. You and I both have people in our lives that tend to eat less than us and others that tend to eat more than us. Depending on which one you happen to hang around with you may end up eating more or less. There is a very strong social link to eating. In fact I cannot think of any social gathering that doesn’t involve food or drink. We truly do celebrate company with food. So how do you continue living a fun social life without being the person who always has to say ‘no I’m only having a salad’ when all the food comes out? As far I can tell it seems easier to go with the flow than try to push against it.  Read more...