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Most people have heard that healthy eating is important. But it can be hard to know what healthy eating means. Our topics can teach you how to eat well, whether your goal is to feel good, manage your weight, or prevent health problems. You will also find plenty of information about nutrition for health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, food allergies, digestive problems, and eating disorders.

To learn more, browse our Healthy Eating topics or start with these:

Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating for Children
Weight Management

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Make a Wise Decision
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Added Sugars
Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: Maintaining Good Nutrition
Anorexia: Learning New Eating Behaviours
Anorexia: Learning to Trust Others
Antioxidants
Avoiding Emotional Eating: Making a Plan
Avoiding Mercury in Fish
Binge Eating Disorder
Boosting Your Metabolism
Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Eating
Breastfeeding: Exercise and Weight Loss
Bulimia Nervosa
Carbohydrate Foods
Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats, and Blood Sugar
Caregiving: Helping Someone With Eating
Cholesterol and Triglycerides: Eating Fish and Fish Oil
Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines
Choosing a Vitamin and Mineral Supplement
Choosing a Weight-Loss Program
Committing Again to Healthy Eating
Comparing Sugar Substitutes
Counting Carbohydrate Grams or Servings
DASH Diet Sample Menu
Dawn's Story: From Dieting to Healthy Eating Habits
Developing a Plan for Healthy Eating
Diabetes in Children: Food Issues at School
Diabetes: Counting Carbs
Diet and Gout
Dietary Reference Intake
Drinking Enough Water
Eating Disorders: Cultural and Social Factors
Eating Disorders: Feeling Better About Yourself
Eating Disorders: Malnutrition Tests
Eating Disorders: Things That Put a Person at Risk
Eating Journal
Eating Out When You Have Diabetes
Eating Protein
Eating Right When You Have More Than One Health Problem
Eating Well During Cancer Treatment
Emotional Eating
Energy and Sports Drinks
Fasting
Fat Replacers in Food
Feeding Your Child Using Division of Responsibility
Feeding Your Infant
Folate Deficiency Anemia
Following a Low-Fibre Diet
Food List for Diabetes
Form for Carbohydrate Counting
Getting Enough Calcium and Vitamin D
Getting Enough Fibre
Getting Enough Folic Acid (Folate)
Getting Enough Iron
Getting Enough Potassium
Glycemic Index
Health Claims on Food Labels
Healthy Attitudes Toward Food and Exercise
Healthy Diet Guidelines for a Healthy Heart
Healthy Eating
Healthy Eating and Older Adults
Healthy Eating Basics: Building Healthy Meals
Healthy Eating Basics: Cooking
Healthy Eating for Canadians
Healthy Eating for Children
Healthy Eating in Children: Problems Caused by Poor Nutrition
Healthy Eating in Children: Things That Influence Food Choices
Healthy Eating to Decrease Stress
Healthy Habits for Kids
Heart Failure: Eating a Healthy Diet
Heart Failure: Track Your Weight, Food, and Sodium
Heart-Healthy Eating
Heart-Healthy Eating: Fish and Fish Oil
Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
Helping Your Child Who Is Overweight
Hidden Gluten
High Blood Pressure: Nutrition Tips
High Cholesterol: How a Dietitian Can Help
High-Potassium Foods
High-Protein Foods for Wound Healing
How to Eat Healthy When You're Home All The Time
How to Find Sodium
Hunger, Fullness, and Appetite Signals
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Izzy's Story: Living With the DASH Diet
Jaci's Story: Changing Her Life With Small Steps
Jeremy's Story: Focusing on Eating Habits
Joe's Story: Changing My Lifestyle
Keeping Change Going—Your New Normal
Loralie's Story: It's Never Too Late
Low-Potassium Foods
Maggie Morris: Plan Ahead When You Eat Out
Maggie: Making Room for Worth-It Foods
Maggie's Story: Making Changes for Her Health
Maggie's Strategies for Eating Healthy
Major Nutrients in Food
Making a Change That Matters
Making a Plan to Cut Back on Alcohol Use
Making Your Change Happen
Meal Planning
Mediterranean Diet
Minerals: Their Functions and Sources
Modify Recipes for a Heart-Healthy Diet
Natural Health Products (Herbal Medicines and Natural Products)
Non-Milk Sources of Calcium
Not Ready for Change?
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Nutrition During Pregnancy
Obesity
Organic Foods
Parkinson's Disease and Nutrition
Pregnancy: Healthy Weight Gain
Pregnancy: Vegetarian Diet
Quick Tips: Adding Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet
Quick Tips: Avoiding Empty Calories
Quick Tips: Cutting Calories
Quick Tips: Having Enough Energy to Stay Active
Quick Tips: Healthy Eating on a Budget
Quick Tips: Making Fast, Healthy Meals
Quick Tips: Making Healthy Snacks
Reading Food Labels When You Have Diabetes
Rethinking Drinking: Alcohol and Managing Your Weight
Salt Substitute Recipe
Setting Goals
Snack Ideas for Preschoolers
Staying With Your Eating Plan When Your Schedule Shifts
Sugar Alcohols
Thinking About a Change?
Tips for Avoiding Unplanned Snacking
Tips for Easier Healthy Eating
Tips for Maintaining Weight Loss
Tips for Quick and Healthy Dinners
Types of Fats
Vegan Diet
Vegetarian Diets
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
Vitamins: Their Functions and Sources
Ways to Track Your Weight-Loss Efforts
Weight Loss by Limiting Calories
Weight Management
Your Toddler: Nutritious Meals for Picky Eaters

Homocysteine

Obesity: Should I Have Weight-Loss Surgery?
Obesity: Should I Use a Diet Plan to Lose Weight?
Weight Management: Should I Use Over-the-Counter Diet Aids?

Bowel Disease: Changing Your Diet
Celiac Disease: Eating a Gluten-Free Diet
COPD: Keeping Your Diet Healthy
Diabetes in Children: Counting Carbs
Diabetes: Counting Carbs if You Don't Use Insulin
Diabetes: Counting Carbs if You Use Insulin
Diabetes: Using Canada's Food Guide
Gestational Diabetes: Counting Carbs
Gout: Changing Your Diet
Healthy Eating: Changing Your Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Cutting Unhealthy Fats From Your Diet
Healthy Eating: Eating Heart-Healthy Foods
Healthy Eating: Eating Less Sodium
Healthy Eating: Getting Support When Changing Your Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Eat Out
Healthy Eating: Making Healthy Choices When You Shop
Healthy Eating: Overcoming Barriers to Change
Healthy Eating: Recognizing Your Hunger Signals
Healthy Eating: Starting a Plan for Change
Healthy Eating: Staying With Your Plan
Healthy Eating: Taking Calcium and Vitamin D
High Blood Pressure: Using the DASH Diet
High Cholesterol: Making Lifestyle Changes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Controlling Symptoms With Diet
Kidney Disease: Changing Your Diet
Kidney Stones: Preventing Kidney Stones Through Diet
Low-Salt Diets: Eating Out
Nutrition While Breastfeeding

Current as of: March 1, 2023

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review:Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica MD - Family Medicine

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