Essentials of healthy eating: a guide.
Enough solid evidence now exists to offer women several fundamental strategies for healthy eating. They include emphasizing healthful unsaturated fats, whole grains, good protein "packages," and fruits and vegetables; limiting consumption of trans and saturated fats, highly refined grains, and sugary beverages; and taking a multivitamin with folic acid and extra vitamin D as a nutritional safety net. A diet based on these principles is healthy through virtually all life stages, from young adulthood through planning for pregnancy, pregnancy, and on into old age.
Skerrett
Patrick J
PJ
Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA. pjskerrett@med.harvard.edu
Willett
Walter C
WC
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