EAT FOR HEALTH Australian Dietary Guidelines

EAT FOR HEALTH – AusTRALiAn diETARy guidELinEs
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 Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods 31

2.1 Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods 32

2.1.1 Setting the scene 32

2.1.2 The evidence for consuming ‘a wide variety of nutritious foods’ 32

2.1.3 How consuming a wide variety of nutritious foods may improve health outcomes 33

2.1.4 Practical considerations: enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods 33

2.2 Enjoy plenty of vegetables, including different types and colours,

and legumes/beans, and enjoy fruit 36

2.2.1 Setting the scene 36

2.2.2 The evidence for consuming ‘plenty of vegetables’ 36

2.2.3 The evidence for consuming ‘plenty of legumes/beans’ 38

2.2.4 The evidence for consuming ‘fruit’ 39

2.2.5 How consuming plenty of vegetables, including different types and colours, and

legumes/beans, and fruit may improve health outcomes 40

2.2.6 Practical considerations: enjoy plenty of vegetables, including different types and

colours, legumes/beans, and enjoy fruit 42

2.3 Enjoy grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties 44

2.3.1 Setting the scene 44

2.3.2 The evidence for consuming ‘grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal

fibre varieties’ 45

2.3.3 How consuming grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties

may improve health outcomes 46

2.3.4 Practical considerations: enjoy grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal

fibre varieties 46

2.4 Enjoy lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds,

and legumes/beans 48

2.4.1 Setting the scene 48

2.4.2 The evidence for consuming ‘lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds,

and legumes/beans’ 49

2.4.3 How consuming lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, and legumes/beans

may improve health outcomes 52

2.4.4 Practical considerations: enjoy lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds,

and legumes/beans 52

2.5 Enjoy milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat 56

2.5.1 Setting the scene 56

2.5.2 The evidence for consuming ‘milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat’ 56

2.5.3 How consuming milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat, may improve

health outcomes 58

2.5.4 Practical considerations: enjoy milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat 58

2.6 Drink plenty of water 61

2.6.1 Setting the scene 61

2.6.2 The evidence for ‘drink plenty of water’ 61

2.6.3 How drinking plenty of water may improve health outcomes 63

2.6.4 Practical considerations: drink plenty of water 63

2.7 Practice guide for Guideline 2 64