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Healthy diet

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  1. The useful idea

    A healthy diet (or healthful diet) is a diet that maintains or improves overall health, providing the body with essential nutrition: water, macronutrients such as protein, micronutrients such as vitamins,

  2. How it works

    and adequate fibre and food energy.

  3. Why it matters

    A healthy diet may contain fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, and may include little to no ultra-processed foods or sweetened beverages.

Use Healthy diet to ask clearer questions; personal health decisions still belong with a qualified professional.

Use Healthy diet to ask clearer questions; personal health decisions still belong with a qualified professional.

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A healthy diet (or healthful diet) is a diet that maintains or improves overall health, providing the body with essential nutrition: water, macronutrients such as protein, micronutrients such as vitamins,

EvergreenLast verified 2026-07-19

General education only — not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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