Food Groups
Information on Food Groups
Grains
Make half of your grains whole:
- at at least 3 ounces of wholegrain, bread, cereal. crackers, rice, or pasta every day
- look for ‘whole’ before the grain name on the list of ingredients
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Vegetables
Vary your veggies:
- eat more dark green veggies
- eat more orange veggies
- eat more dry beans and peas
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Fruits
Focus on fruits:
- eat a variety of fruit
- choose fresh, frozen, canned or dried fruit
- go easy on fruit juices
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Oils
Know your fats:
- make most of your fat sources from fish, nuts and vegetable oils
- limit solid fats like butter, stick margarine, shortening and lard
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Milk
Get your calcium-rich foods:
- go low-fat or fat-free
- if you don’t or can’t consume milk, choose lactose-free products or other calcium sources
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Meat & Beans
Go lean on the protein:
- choose low-fat or lean meats and poultry
- bake it, broil it or grill it
- vary your choices – with more fish, beans, peas, nuts and seeds
