Healthy eating and an active lifestyle are a vital part of good health.

The Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults highlights the groups of foods and lifestyle patterns that promote good nutrition and health.

 

 

Dietary guidelines include;

• Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods.

• Eat plenty of vegetables, legumes & fruit.

• Eat plenty of cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles), preferably wholegrain.

• Include lean meat, fish, poultry and/or alternatives such as nuts/legumes.

• Include milks, yoghurts & cheese.  Choose reduced fat varieties where possible.

• Drink plenty of water.

• Limit saturated fat and moderate total fat intake.

• Choose foods low in salt.

• If you drink alcohol, limit your intake.

• Eat only a moderate amount of sugars and foods containing added sugars.

• Maintain a healthy body weight – be physically active and eat according to your energy needs.

• Prepare and store food safely.

• Encourage and support breastfeeding.

 

 

Practical tips for healthy eating at your club

• Have whole pieces of fruit available.

• Put plenty of salad in sandwiches.

• Limit the amount of deep fried foods available.

• Limit the variety of confectionary and high fat snack foods.

• Where oil or margarine is used, use poly or mono saturated spreads and oils. (Sunflower, Safflower, Canola, Olive)

• Include wholemeal and wholegrain bread varieties.

• Have low fat dairy products available: milk, yoghurt, cheese.

• Use low fat cooking methods such as grilling, BBQ-ing and stir-frying.

• Use minimum spreads on bread.

• Use lean cuts of meat, skinless chicken, non-fried fish.

• Display healthy food choices more prominently than other foods.

• Ensure that healthy food choices are priced competitively.