Australian Guide to Healthy Eating: the 5 food groups

Esta guía nos indica que hay que tomar alimentos de cada uno de los cinco grupos para tener una dieta equilibrada de manera proporcional al espacio que ocupan en el plato que aparece en la siguiente imagen:

El siguiente texto explica cada uno de los grupos y los alimentos que hay en cada uno. Podemos aprender vocabulario y buenos hábitos alimenticios a partir del mismo:

The key to healthy eating is to enjoy a variety of nutritious foods from each of the 5 food groups. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating displays the 5 food groups on a plate, in the proportion that you should be eating them throughout your day. If you eat a variety of foods from each of these groups, your body will receive all the nutrients and vitamins it needs to function.

The five food groups are:

• Dairy: the foods in this group are excellent sources of calcium, which is important for strong, healthy bones. Not many other foods in our diet contain as much calcium as dairy foods.
• Fruit: fruit provides vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and many phytonutrients (nutrients naturally present in plants), that help your body stay healthy.
• Grain (cereal) foods: always choose wholegrain and/or high fibre varieties of breads, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles, etc. Refined grain products (such as cakes or biscuits) can be high in added sugar, fat and sodium.
• Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds: our body uses the protein we eat to make specialised chemicals such as haemoglobin and adrenalin. Protein also builds, maintains, and repairs the tissues in our body. Muscles and organs (such as your heart) are made of protein.
• Vegetables, legumes and beans: vegetables should make up a large part of your daily food intake and should be encouraged at every meal (including snack times). They provide vitamins, minerals, dietary fibre and phytonutrients (nutrients naturally present in plants) to help your body stay healthy.

Fuente:

http://healthy-kids.com.au/food-nutrition/guidelines-recommended-intakes/australian-guide-healthy-eating/