Main 5 Food Groups

So we have the main five food groups.

• Vegetables and legumes/beans.
• Fruit.
• Grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties.
• Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans.
• Milk, yoghurt cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat.

To meet the nutrient requirement needed for good health you would need to eat a variety of foods from each of these categories on a daily basis. It is good to eat from each of the different foods groups as each  food group varies in the amount of different nutrients provided.

To be fair. at dinner time your not going to have a 3 course meal every night to incorporate each of the basic food groups. But it could be as simple as maybe having a bowl of whole wheat pasta with chargrilled chicken breast put through it and shredded sunblushed tomatoes. A glass of milk perhaps. Then for dessert a banana or and apple. I do actually fancy that now. But anyway. Its good to try and keep to those basic food groups to obtain the recommended amount of nutrients. But I know we cant always.