healthy eating

Eating a healthy diet doesn't have to be chore. Get expert tips to achieve a balanced diet, read the latest in all things nutrition and discover easy-to-use tools to win at eating well.

It’s all about balance

Healthy eating is not about eating perfectly and avoiding all junk food, all of the time. Instead, it’s about developing habits that will have you going for healthier options when it comes to the foods you eat.

To be healthy, you need to eat nutritious foods more often than not. It may take a little practice and but eating more healthily will always make you feel better in the long term.

The good news is that sticking with healthy habits is often easier when you know how your body will benefit.

Easy healthy eating hacks

Make meals a regular (and planned) thing

When your eating patterns are regular and planned you’re much more likely to include the recommended serves across the 5 food groups. When they’re not, you’re probably going to have more sometimes foods in your diet, which means more sugary foods and saturated fats.
Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day

Did you know that if you skip breakfast you’ll likely give in to that butter-laden banana bread for morning tea?

Turns out, if you eat a healthy breakfast you’re more likely to continue to eat well throughout the day, and leave the choccy biscuits for Steve in finance.
Don’t be a couch potato

Eating in front of the television has become a pretty common habit for many Aussie households. In fact, almost half of us plonk ourselves down in front of the telly to eat our evening meal.

This means we’re more likely to make less than great food choices, eat more take-away and make it harder to recognise our body’s signals about hunger and satiety.