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Enjoy your food and eat a wide variety of foodstuffs.
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Base the major part of your meals on starchy foods, such as potatoes, pasta, rice and bread.
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Chose lean cuts of meat and avoid eating fat on meat. Vegetarians should also try and avoid high fat alternatives to meat.
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Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables of a variety of colours. Eat a mixture of raw and cooked items.
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Try to keep the amount of salt you eat to an acceptable level. Much of the salt in our diets is hidden in processed foods. 6 grams a day is considered to be the upper limit.
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Eat foods containing the good fats, omega 3 & 6. These are found in oily fish and soya products.
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Cut down on high-fat and processed foods. Avoid any food with the words ‘trans fat’ or ‘hydrogenated fat’ in the ingredients.
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Drink adequate amounts of water or other non-alcoholic drinks and avoid drinks with high levels of added sugar.
