Plan your menu: Changing to a healthier eating style
What is the healthiest eating pattern? Is it a Mediterranean-style diet? Vegetarian? Low-carb diet? It’s difficult to know which eating pattern to choose with so many options available.
Healthy eating is one of the most effective methods to avoid or postpone health problems. Eating correctly and having adequate physical activity can help you reduce your risk of health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and others. Experts recommend making incremental, steady changes to achieve your goals.
"The best diet to follow is one that is science-based, allows you to meet your nutritional requirements, and that you can stick to in the long run," says Dr. Holly Nicastro, a nutrition research expert at the National Institutes of Health. "It's not going to do you any good to follow a diet that has you eating things that you don't like."
