Harvard Healthy Eating Plate

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Aside from not smoking, the most important determinants of good health are what we eat and how active we are.  The Harvard Nutrition Source is designed to get you started down the path toward the healthiest diet possible.

In the What Should I Eat section, you'll find ten key tips for eating right, plus our bottom line recommendations on carbohydrates, proteins, fats, fiber, vegetables and fruits, calcium and milk, healthy drinks, lower salt and sodium, alcohol, and vitamins.  You can also learn more about a food plate that is actually based on the latest science: the Healthy Eating Plate, built in conjunction with colleagues at Harvard Health Publications.  
-The Harvard Nutrition Source

If you don't want to utilize the Points Tracker in the "8 Habits to Health" program, sticking to the principles contained in the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate most of the time should work just as well.
- Nelson Perez, MS, RD, CPT  


For more information on the basics of healthy eating check out ...

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/

In the Comments box, list one area on the Healthy Eating Plate in which you can improve and how you plan on doing this.