A healthy diet, however, is not arrived at by process of abolition. It is assembled from the foods with the most valuable substances. More often than not, it is what we fail to eat that causes health problems, not simply what we do eat.

Before we can get a grasp of the elements of a healthy diet, the food commerce takes advantage of our perplexity. Foods are marketed not on the basis of what they have, but of what they lack. Sugar and white flour are mixed together with toxic preservative to create cakes that are "fat-free." Margarine-a negative food if ever there was one - is sold to you under the guise of being "cholesterol-free." Fried corn chips are renowned for having "one-third less salt."

The Principles of Healthy Eating

Healthy eating principles don't lead to a preventive, boring diet. Bland food is not essentially health-promoting. Herbs, spices, condiments, and interesting ways of preparing foods are often valuable. Many herbs we use to flavor foods are really important- sources of trace minerals and immuneboosting pigments known as bioflavonoids.