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Healthy eating is not about strict nutrition philosophies, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Healthy eating begins with learning how to “eat smart”-it’s not just what you eat, but how you eat. Your food choices can reduce your risk of illnesses such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes as well as defend against depression.

To set yourself up for success, think about planning a healthy diet as a number of small, manageable steps rather than one big drastic change. If you approach the changes gradually and with commitment, you will have a healthy diet sooner than you think.

Rather than being obsessed with measuring portion sizes and counting calories, keep things as simple as possible. Plan your diet according to freshness, variety, and color of foods. This will make it incredibly easy to make healthier food choices. Focus on finding easy recipes that include foods you love as well as several fresh ingredients. Over time, your diet will become tastier and healthier.

Start out slowly and change your eating habits gradually, over time. It’s neither smart nor realistic to try to change to a healthy diet overnight. When you try to change everything at once it often leads to cheating or giving up entirely on adopting a healthier diet. For example, add a salad to your eating plan just once a day or try using olive oil instead of butter when cooking. When these small changes start to become habit you can keep adding healthier choices to your diet.

Every change you make to improve your diet matters. You don’t have to be perfect and you don’t have to completely eliminate foods you enjoy to have a healthy diet. The long term goal is to feel good, have more energy and reduce the risk of cancer and disease. Don’t let your missteps derail you-every healthy food choice you make counts.

Moderation is key. People often think of healthy eating as an all or nothing proposition, but a key foundation for any healthy diet is moderation. Despite what certain fad diets would have you believe, we all need a balance of carbohydrates, protein, fat, fiber, vitamins, and minerals to sustain a healthy body.

You should never think of specific foods as “off limits”. Anytime you ban food groups or specific foods, you will naturally want these foods. When you eventually give in to temptation and eat one of the banned foods, you might feel like a failure. If you enjoy salty, sugary, or unhealthy foods, try eating them less often and reduce the portion size when you do eat them. You will eventually start craving them less often and start thinking of them as an occasional treat.

Think about smaller portions when trying to eat a healthier diet. In recent years, serving sizes have drastically increased, especially in restaurants. When eating out, try ordering and appetizer instead of an entre or split a meal with a friend. Never order anything that’s been super sized. When eating at home, use smaller plates. Always think about portion sizes realistically. Remember, it’s always best to start out small.

When trying to control portion sizes, visual cues often help. Any serving of chicken, fish, or meat should be approximately the size of a deck of playing cards. A slice of bread should be about the size of a CD case and one teaspoon of salad dressing or oil is about the size of a matchbook.

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