Healthy Eating

Learn about healthy eating

Most people have heard that healthy eating is important. But it can be hard to know what healthy eating means. Our topics can teach you how to eat well, whether your goal is to feel good, manage your weight, or prevent health problems. You will also find plenty of information about nutrition for health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, food allergies, digestive problems, and eating disorders.

To learn more, browse our Healthy Eating topics or start with these:

• Healthy Eating
• Healthy Eating for Children
• Weight Management

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• Health Topics
• Medical Tests
• Make a Wise Decision
• Take Action

Health Topics

Alternative Diet Programs

Antioxidants

Binge Eating Disorder

Bottle-Feeding

Bulimia Nervosa

Celiac Disease

Choosing a Vitamin and Mineral Supplement

Dawn's Story: From Dieting to Healthy Eating Habits

Diet for Kidney Disease

Dietary Guidelines for Americans—2005

Dietary Supplements (Herbal Medicines and Natural Products)

Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia

Food Allergies

Gas (Flatus)

Gas, Bloating, and Burping

Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating for Children

Interactive Tool: Are You at Risk for a Heart Attack?

Interactive Tool: How Many Calories Did You Burn?

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Jeremy's Story: Focusing on Eating Habits

Loralie's Story: It's Never Too Late

Organic Foods

Quick Tips: Adding Fruits and Vegetables to Your Diet

Quick Tips: Having Enough Energy to Stay Active

Quick Tips: Healthy Eating on a Budget

Quick Tips: Making Fast, Healthy Meals

Quick Tips: Making Healthy Snacks

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC)

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet for High Cholesterol

Tips for Success with the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet

Vegetarian Diets

Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia

Vitamin D: Getting Enough

Weaning

Weight Management

Women and Coronary Artery Disease

Medical Tests

Folic Acid

Homocysteine

Vitamin B12

Make a Wise Decision

Breast-feeding: Should I breast-feed my baby?

Obesity: Should I use a diet plan to lose weight?

Weight management: Should I use over-the-counter diet aids?

Take Action

Anticoagulants: Vitamin K and your diet

Celiac disease: Eating a gluten-free diet

Chronic kidney disease: Changing your diet

Cirrhosis: Eating a low-salt diet

COPD: Keeping your diet healthy

Diabetes in children: Counting carbs

Diabetes: Counting carbs if you don't use insulin

Diabetes: Counting carbs if you use insulin

Diabetes: Using a food guide

Diabetes: Using a plate format for eating

Gestational diabetes: Counting carbs

Gout: Changing your diet

Healthy eating: Changing your eating habits

Healthy eating: Cutting unhealthy fats from your diet

Healthy eating: Getting support when changing your eating habits

Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you eat out

Healthy eating: Making healthy choices when you shop

Healthy eating: Overcoming barriers to change

Healthy eating: Recognizing your hunger signals

Healthy eating: Starting a plan for change

Healthy eating: Staying with your plan

Heart disease: Eating a heart-healthy diet

Heart failure: Eating less salt

High blood pressure: Using the DASH diet

Irritable bowel syndrome: Controlling symptoms with diet

Kidney stones: Preventing kidney stones through diet

Low-salt diets: Eating out

Ulcerative colitis: Changing your diet

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Author:	Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS	Last Updated: May 6, 2008
Medical Review:	Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
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