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How to Build and Eat a Balanced Diet for Better Health (and Weight Loss) - Cooking Light
Learn why a balanced diet is crucial to your health and weight—and how to achieve one
A balanced diet is one that delivers the vitamins, minerals, and calories that your body needs—and in the "right" amounts. There are nutrients that you must get from food—called essential nutrients—because your body can't make them itself. For example, your liver can make cholesterol and your skin can make vitamin D from sun exposure (though you typically need more vitamin D than your skin produces).
Eating a balanced diet also means fueling your body with the number of calories it needs. Not an abundance of extra calories, mind, nor a shortage of calories, unless of course you're trying to lose weight. But in order to achieve balance, you'll need to know the optimal number of calories you should intake on a daily basis.
Learn why a balanced diet is crucial to your health and weight—and how to achieve one
A balanced diet is one that delivers the vitamins, minerals, and calories that your body needs—and in the "right" amounts. There are nutrients that you must get from food—called essential nutrients—because your body can't make them itself. For example, your liver can make cholesterol and your skin can make vitamin D from sun exposure (though you typically need more vitamin D than your skin produces).
Eating a balanced diet also means fueling your body with the number of calories it needs. Not an abundance of extra calories, mind, nor a shortage of calories, unless of course you're trying to lose weight. But in order to achieve balance, you'll need to know the optimal number of calories you should intake on a daily basis.