Balanced diet

Chicken, beef, potatoes, pasta, cereal, salad. With an endless array of food options out there, how do you know what to eat for a balanced diet? It’s easier than you think! Let me simplify it for you. You should eat a combination of three macronutrients: protein, carbohydrate and fat. All of these nutrients help keep your body in tip-top shape. Aim to get about 40% of your calories from protein, 40% from carbohydrates and 20% from fat. You don’t have to divide every meal so specifically, but when you tally up your caloric budget at day’s end, you should be as close to a 40/40/20 ratio as possible. And be sure to eat the good types of fat: unsaturated and omega-3 fats. Unsaturated fats are found in olive, sunflower and other oils, and omega-3 fatty acids are found in flaxseed products, fatty cold water fish such as salmon and tuna, avocados, nuts, seeds, almonds, and soybeans.