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What is healthy eating and nutrition?
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The crucial part of healthy eating is a balanced diet. A balanced diet - or a good diet - means consuming from all the different good groups in the right quantities. Nutritionists say there are five main food groups - whole grains, fruit and vegetables, protein, diary, and fat & sugar.
How accurate are the nutritional facts on labels?
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The nutritional facts on the labels vary with the source of the food content. But the understanding is that the measurements are taken from a broad sample, thus hitting the average. The measurements of each sample themselves are more accurate than the content measurement of what is in the can/package, but since this is averaged, that printed measur
Is gluten as harmful as people say?
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Gluten is a nutritious protein, not something harmful. If you don't have Celiac Disease it can't hurt you, not in reasonable quantities. Obviously anything can hurt you at some dose. Some research is still looking into the question of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity but, so far, it's looking like it doesn't exist.