Good Foods Glossary

But not only is this way of eating self-defeating; it's also unhealthy. A truly healthy diet is one that encompasses a wide range of delicious and nutritious foods. Fortunately, nature provides enough of these that you need never get bored. More importantly for your health, eating many different types of foods vastly improves the chances that you'll get all the nutrients -- both known and yet-to-be-discovered -- that your body needs to prevent and fight disease and keep you functioning at your peak.

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Reprinted from Smart Guide to Healing Foods
By Katharine Colton; © 1999 by Cader Company Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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