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| Inexpensive Healthy Eating |  Undernourishment is the chief cause of death in many underdeveloped countries where destitution is extremely prevalent. It is not only destitution and impoverishment that can result as malnutrition. Even prosperous people who are unaware about eating well can suffer because of malnutrition. Consistent with Canada’s Food Guide principles, meaning of eating well is “a healthy eating pattern that supports the best possible growth and development and also helps decrease the risk of chronic diseases.”
For that reason, the best idea is to search for options and alternatives which let us eat healthily on a low budget:
- Use the food pyramid to decide what meals to cook for your family.
- Accustom the family to eat at home and avoid eating out.
- Prepare 3 healthy meals including breakfast and make sure that you include fruits and vegetables generously in your meals and also offer it as a snack.
All the time select foods you prepare from the bottom of the food pyramid as they are more economical, filling and less fattening. For example, pick high fiber cereals and bread, go for green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits and increased servings of fruit juices. You must also pick low fat milk, cheese and yoghurt. To get proteins, you should eat beans and peas or eggs.
In fact peas are an excellent source of vitamin-B (except B12), vitamin-A, vitamin-C, vitamin-E, zinc, iron, and soluble fiber. If you must eat non-vegetarian items, you can even use meat or fish as a source of protein but try to hold to lean meat and cut off the fat from the meat. Use oil in moderation and learn to eat a plain toast instead of one with butter dripping from it.
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