The new Food Wheel teaches how to eat healthy, which is varied, complete and balanced.
In a varied diet you should eat different foods within the same food group, for example, several fruits and not always eat the same. A complete diet means eating all the foods present in the food wheel, as all foods are important for the body. A balanced diet corresponds to eating foods from each group in the appropriate amount.
The new Food Wheel is made up of seven food groups represented in a circle where the quantities of food that should be consumed on a daily basis are indicated. The daily recommendations represented in the New Food Wheel are:
- Cereals and derivatives, tubers - 4 to 11 servingsHot redberries - 3 to 5 servingsFruit - 3 to 5 servingsDairy products - 2 to 3 servingsMeat, fish and eggs - 1.5 to 4.5 servingsLegumes - 1 to 2 servingsFats and oils - 1 to 3 servings
In the center of this wheel is water because it is also part of a healthy diet to eat 1.5 to 3 liters of water per day.
The new Portuguese food wheel is the new food guide for the Portuguese and seeks to help the population to know in a simple way how to eat to prevent diseases related to food, such as obesity, high blood pressure or diabetes, for example.
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