The first and most important step in planning better meals is to commit to good nutrition as a part of a healthy lifestyle. If you decide to incorporate what you learn from these lessons about the recommended dietary guidelines, eating smart, and healthy cooking, then you are ready to make a commitment.
Commit to making smart choices from every food group:
- Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free milk and dairy products.
- Lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts.
- Low in saturated fats, transfats, cholesterol, sodium, and added sugars.
Commit to controlling your body weight by balancing the calories you take in as food with the calories you use each day in physical activity.
- Be physically active for at least 30 minutes most days of the week. Commit to getting the most nutrition out of your calories.
- Choose the most nutritionally rich foods you can from each food group each day, those packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other nutrients but lower in calories.
Now, lets look at how to start planning those healthy meals we are committed to...
Lesson Contents
I. Introduction
II. Plan for Good Nutrition
III. Plan Menus
IV. Plan a List
V. Plan to Shop
VI. Plan to Save Time
