Many factors come into play when balancing your nutrition: your age and gender, your level of activity and your lifestyle.
According to Canada's Food Guide, you should try to incorporate in your diet a healthy range of daily servings from each of the four food groups:
- Grain products, which include various breads and cereals
- Fruits and vegetables
- Milk (dairy) products, which include cheese and yogurt
- Meat and meat alternatives, which include fish, poultry and foods that provide equivalent nutrients, such as tofu, beans and peanut butter.
It is very important to adjust your daily caloric intake based on various factors to avoid consuming too many or not enough calories. A number of tools are available to help you make sure that you are taking in all the nutrients you need to stay healthy.
My Food Guide
Developed by Health Canada, this interactive tool lets you personalize the information found in Canada’s Food Guide. Choose from the four food groups and create different combinations according to your taste and lifestyle.
The Health Canada Web site also contains a host of useful information, including instructions on how to use the guide, recipes, grocery shopping tips, information about food labels and more.
EATracker
Track your food and activity choices with this interactive tool from Dietitians of Canada. Get personalized feedback on your total calorie intake, compare your nutritional choices to those recommended by Health Canada and see how you progress over time!
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