1. Health

What is a Healthy Diet Anyway?

From Debra Manzella, R.N., About.com GuideFebruary 28, 2008

Follow me on:

Think of the word "diet" and what springs to mind? Restrictive meal plans? Best-selling books by skinny celebrities? Guilt producing health nuts who make us feel bad about craving our favorite foods?

If you've been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, you've prbably heard the word "diet", usually in the context of a health care professional telling us that we need to change to a healthier one. But what do they mean by that?

More on this topic by your Diabetes guide...

Photo courtesty of Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images

Comments
Comments are closed for this post.
Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>
Related Searches what is a healthy diet

©2012 About.com. All rights reserved.

A part of The New York Times Company.

We comply with the HONcode standard
for trustworthy health
information: verify here.