You don't have to give up foods you love for the sake of your health, but you should aim for variety and moderation. Emphasize vegetables, fruit, cereals, breads and other grain products. Choose lower-fat dairy products, leaner meats and foods prepared with little or no fat. Achieve and maintain a healthy body weight by enjoying regular physical activity and healthy eating. Limit salt, alcohol and caffeine.
Different people have different nutrition needs, lifestyles, budget, culture and tastes.
That's why Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating offers a range of choices to suit individual requirements. Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating recommends a range of servings for each food group. For example, the guide suggests 5-10 servings of fruits and vegetables each day. Most people need more than the minimum suggested number of servings, especially teenage boys, highly active people, pregnant and breast-feeding women. To illustrate this, let's look at some examples.