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What makes a balanced diet?

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What makes a balanced diet? A balanced diet is a diet that consists of a variety of foods. It should be based on bread, potatoes, cereals and lots of fruit and vegetables. You should also have a moderate amount of milk and dairy products, meat, fish or other alternatives (if vegetarian/vegan). It should contain a limited amount of fat and sugar. Eating a healthy diet can help to prevent obesity, malnourishment and vitamin deficiencies. It can enhance you overall well being and prevent a number of diseases and cancers. It is important that you consume a wide variety of foods to maintain adequate intakes of vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre, as these are important to your health. Protein is needed for growth and repair of the body and it also gives us energy. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and different foods contain different amounts of these. Different foods...

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