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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 ;

Singapore Healthy Diet Pyramid



The Pyramid shows what one should eat everyday. It is a guide to allow everyone to stay healthy. It allows us to eat a variety of food with the correct amount of nutrients needed so that one can stay healthy. In this way, everybody will be able to stay healthy.

At the top of the pyramid is the fats, oil, sugar and salt. Examples of such food is cooking oil, butter, margarine, sugars, sweet desserts, seasonings and sauces. They are high in calories but low in other nutrions so they should be taken in small amount.

The next level of the Healthy Diet Pyramid is meat and alternatives. These food are beef, lamb, mutton, pork, poultry, milk. Those food are rich in proteins, calcium, iron and zinc. One needs to consume 2-3 servings per day to get the necessary nutrients.
The third level of the Pyramid are fruits and vegetables. Such food includes, fruits like apples, oranges, watermelon, honeydew ; vegetables like cabbage, potatoes, carrots, long beans. They contains vitamins, minerals and fibre which is needed by our body. One should take 2 servings of fruits and vegetables.

The base of Healthy Diet Pyramid should be consume the most are rice and alternatives like noodles, breads, cereals. These are the grains of all food. One should consume the most per day, which is 5-7 servings.
Links: http://www.nutrition.com.sg/he/hepyr.asp


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