Canada’s New Food Guide Emphasizes Eating Plants, Drinking Water And Cooking At Home

Eat a variety of healthy foods each day

Specifically, the new food guide suggests eating plenty of vegetables and fruits, choosing whole grains, and eating “protein foods.”

When picking proteins, the food guide suggests eating plant-based proteins, like legumes, beans, and tofu more often than those from animal sources, like dairy, eggs, meat and fish.

Avoid processed foods and beverages that are high in sodium, sugar and saturated fat

These foods “undermine healthy eating” according to the food guide, so should generally be avoided. Some examples of these kinds of foods include processed meats like hot dogs, deep-fried food, sugary breakfast cereal and sugary drinks.

A recent report from Statistics Canada found that sugary drinks were the top source of sugar intake for Canadians, though overall sugar consumption has been decreasing.

Donald Grandy

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Sport and Exercise Coach

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