One good way to achieve balance in the diet is to select foods from the five major food group every day.

These group are as follows:

1) Bread, cereal,and other grain based products.

2)Vegetables.

3) Fruits.

4) Milk, cheese,and other dairy products, such as yogurt.

5) Meats, fish, poultry, and dry beans and peas.

Choosing foods from the 5 groups will ensure that we receive the essential nutriments.

Control portion size so that balance and variety are possible.

Fine tune it.

Use sugar in moderation, use salt and sodium in moderation, choose plenty of vegetables , fruits,  and grain products. Choose  foods low in Fats Saturated Fats, and Cholesterol.

• 4 calories per gram of protein
• 4 calories per gram of carbohydrate
• 9 calories per gram of fat