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:
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Health Topics
- Alternative Diet Programs
- Antioxidants
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bottle-Feeding
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Celiac Disease
- Choosing a Vitamin and Mineral Supplement
- Chromium
- 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
- Getting Enough Vitamin D
- 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
- 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
- Weaning
- Weight Management
- Women and Coronary Artery Disease
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
Credits
| Author | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine |
| Last Updated | May 6, 2008 |
| Author: | Caroline Rea, RN, BS, MS | Last Updated: May 6, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine | |


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