Eating a Balanced Diet

709 Words3 Pages
Pablo Pascual Informative speech November 7, 2012 Page 1 of 4 Eating Healthily With A Balanced diet Specific Goal I want to inform the audience how to eat a balanced healthy diet. Introduction How many of you want to be healthy? How many of you find it a challenge to eat healthily because you are always running somewhere such as from work to school or from school to another activity? Most of us are. Today we will discuss ways you can incorporate healthy eating into your lifestyle even if you are always on the go. Packing a lunch, choosing restaurants wisely, and keeping nutritious snacks on hand are a just a few of the ways you can still manage to eat something decent while maintaining a hectic pace. Thesis statement Through the knowledge of the five food groups, the moderation of food intake, and the awareness of nutritional labels a person can have a balanced diet. Body I. Through the proper intake of the five food groups, you can have a healthy balanced diet. The five food groups cover a lot of types and arrays of food. I will cover all of the five food groups: Whole grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Protein, and dairy. A. The Five different food groups of the Myplate diagram. 1. Grains are one of the two biggest groups. This includes but is not limited to any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley. Another cereal grain is a grain product. Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas, and grits are examples of grain products. 2. Any vegetable or 100% vegetable juice counts as a member of the Vegetable Group. Vegetables may be raw or cooked; fresh, frozen, canned, or dried/dehydrated; and may be whole, cut-up, or mashed. Pablo Pascual Informative speech November 7, 2012 Page 2 of 4 3. Any fruit or 100% fruit juice counts as part of

More about Eating a Balanced Diet

Open Document