A balanced diet involves eating the right types of nutrients in the right proportions. You may see claims made that fast food is in fact healthy. Yes, the fast food companies do include the main nutrients - carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, mineral ions, fibre and a drink, but these are in the wrong proportions to be healthy when eaten regularly. Let's delve into healthy eating lifestyles, shall we?
To lose weight by burning its stores of fat
To lose weight by reducing the amount of protein eaten
To lose weight by increasing the number of calories eaten
To lose weight by not digesting food properly
The diet causes weight loss by increasing the amount of vitamins and minerals eaten
The diet causes weight loss by increasing the amount of protein eaten
The diet causes weight loss by artificially increasing metabolic rate
The diet causes weight loss whilst eating a balanced diet
A high proportion of HDL cholesterol compared to LDL cholesterol
Equal amounts of HDL cholesterol compared to LDL cholesterol
A low proportion of HDL cholesterol compared to LDL cholesterol
No cholesterol of any type
'Good' cholesterol
Fat that is stored in the body
Chemicals that carry carbohydrates in the bloodstream
Chemicals that carry cholesterol in the bloodstream
Only what you eat
Only what you drink
Only genetic inheritance
Both genetic and dietary factors
Heart disease
Rickets
Strokes
Diabetes
Because if you under-eat you may not get sufficient vitamins and minerals
Because if you under-eat you are always hungry
Because if you under-eat you look thin
Because if you under-eat you get too much protein
Bread
Potato
Pasta
All the above
Citrus fruit
Potatoes
Meat
Fresh garden peas
Carbonates
Hydrocarbates
Carbohydrates
Hydrates
True
False
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