Healthy Eating Guide

Make sure that your diet contains all the essential nutrients for good health.
Eating a wide variety of foods from all the food groups on Canada's or the US Food Guide Pyramid will help you get the vitamins and minerals you need.
Order salad dressings and other sauces on the side so you can control portions.
Drink water, diet soda or unsweetened tea or coffee instead of soda that may be high in sugars, calories or carbohydrates.
Substitute steamed vegetables instead of rice, fries or potatoes.
Instead of butter, sour cream or bacon, order salsa, which is low in calories and fat for your baked potato.
If you want to limit your carbohydrate intake, ask to not be served bread on the table (unless your fellow diners can eat it).
If you drink alcohol, drink in moderation.
Listen to your body and stop eating when you are full. Don't feel obligated to finish what is on your plate; ask to take the rest home.