What Should You Be Eating?

Phew! Easter is done and dusted and after five days of getting by on a diet of chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate – it's time to snap out of your chocoma and back to eating regular food. So now seems like the perfect time for a little reviso on what exactly you should be consuming. Let's go back to school and revisit the food pyramid, shall we...

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Look familiar? I'll bet. The good ol' pyramid has been around for eons, but it's still relevant if you want to establish a healthy, balanced diet. Just FYI, according to government recommendations, women should be having 4-9 serves of cereals, breads, rice, pasta or noodles, 5 serves of vegetables and legumes, 2 serves of fruit, 2 serves of milk, yoghurt or cheese, 1 serve of lean meat, fish, poultry, nuts or legumes, and just 2 serves (if any) of extra foods – like, say, Easter eggs.

Not sure what consititutes a serve? Take a look at this. Then put down the Cadbury bunny and treat yourself to some real tucker.