Dietary guidelines and the The Food Pyramid are designed help you know how to balance your eating habits to insure that you get maximum nutrition benefits. Nutritional recommendations, low fat and dietary guidelines have been published by various health agencies, noted physicians and the Canadian and United States Governments (see References for their web sites).

You can enjoy what you eat and be healthy too! You may have to learn a new way of choosing what to eat, but the health benefits definitely outweigh the time spent learning. So surround yourself with books, surf the web, educate yourself and consult your doctor or health care professional to decide what dietary changes are best for you.

Most of us are so busy that we don't pay attention to what we are feeding our bodies. Start out by keeping a journal for one week of what you eat.

It sounds like a simplistic thing to do, but it will probably surprise most of you at the end of the week. It is amazing how much and what we eat when we are stressed, in a hurry, depressed, coerced by friends or family and not being aware.

Use the links above to take you to various overviews of specific diet and lifestyles that meet the healthy nutritional criteria you want to explore. Click on References to navigate to various web sites like the American Heart Association, Dean Ornish and more. You will leave this site when you click on any of the links on the reference page. Before you leave, please remember to bookmark this site and add us to so you may return to our site.