Maintain a Healthy Diet Eat a rainbow! Eating a variety of vegetables each day gives our bodies a wide range of nutrients for better health. We should eat different coloured vegetables every day because each colour carries its own set of unique health-promoting properties.
The Australian Dietary Guidelines recommends enjoying a wide variety of nutritious foods from these five food groups every day and drink plenty of water.
1.
Grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties
2.
Vegetables and legumes/beans
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Fruit
4.
Milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat
5.
Lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans
