Welcome to The Healthy Eating Guide! This website will show you how to eat better and take control of your health. Whether you're trying to lose weight, look better, feel better, or increase your odds of being around longer for your family, if you follow the tips in this site you will improve your health.

You've probably heard some of the numbers (source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention):

• 1/3 of U.S. adults are now considered obese (over 72 million people)

• 2/3 of Americans are now either overweight or obese

• 35% of adult women and 40% of adults aged 40-59 are obese!

• If trends continue at the current rate, 100% of Americans will be overweight or obese by the year 2048

• Childhood obesity and diabetes rates are also at an all-time high

• 30% of children aged 2-19 are considered overweight or obese and it has been estimated than 1 in 3 children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime!

  
  

Downright scary, right? So let's do something about it. Starting now. Consider the following statistic from the Public Library of Science: by not smoking, getting some exercise, drinking alcohol in moderation, and eating five servings of fruits and vegetables each day, you can add 14 years to your life!?

Your health is one of life's greatest gifts, and if you can get an 14 extra years to spend with the people you love most, why wouldn't you want to make a few healthy lifestyle changes?

The Healthy Eating Guide will help you learn everything you need to know about healthy eating, cooking, and exercise. This site is based on thousands of hours of research and expert advice from physicians, books, journals, and articles covering all aspects of health and nutrition.

If you're looking for health topics similar to those on The Healthy Eating Guide, we highly recommend checking out the Harvard School of Public Health, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, American Heart Association, and Center for Science in the Public Interest websites, as well as books by Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle, and Walter Willet.

On this site you'll also learn:

• The importance of eating healthier, organic and sustainable food

• How to cook easy, delicious low fat meals

• Whether different types of diets are helpful or a waste of your time

• How to eat healthy when eating out at a variety of restaurants

• How much exercise you need to get and how to make exercise more enjoyable

• And much more!

  
  

You get access to some great tools and resources too, such as:

• A printable healthy food list to take with you to the grocery store

• 3 days worth of healthy meal plans for free

• A calorie burning chart

• A free exercise and weight loss plan

• Discounts on health products and services

The Healthy Eating Guide will help you eat better. It will help you understand the importance of food. And ultimately, it will help you make positive changes in your life.

Contrary to popular belief, eating healthy doesn't mean giving up the foods you love. It means making some small, gradual changes to the way you eat, and continuing to eat your favorite foods in moderation.

We'll show you the path, but ultimately it's up to you to take the first step.

Let's get started with the Healthy Eating Tips section, or skip around and check out some of the other great resources on the site.

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Remember, "He who says he can and he who says he can't are both usually right."

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