Maintaining a healthy diet is the practice of making choices about what to eat with the intent of improving or maintaining good health. Usually this involves consuming necessary nutrients by eating the appropriate amounts from all of the food groups, including an adequate amount of water. Since human nutrition is complex, a healthy diet may vary widely, subject to an individual's genetic makeup, environment, and health. For around 20% of the planet's population, lack of food and malnutrition are the main impediments to healthy eating; people in developed countries have the opposite problem, and are more concerned about obesity.

Not too many people know what FOS is or how to get it in their diet, but it is one high fiber food element that is often missing from the American diet. FOS is a probiotic soluble fiber, which means it provides healthy bacteria for your digestive system while making it easier for your body to defend itself against unhealthy bacteria.

Is it really possible to loose 5 pounds of body fat within a week? To be honest, I don’t expect to loose this much weight in only days, but I believe, looking at the first seven day menu, that I’ll definitely be on my way to do so. Get the menu here...

Seafood is definitely the way to go if you want a diet rich in protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fat is the super-healthy polyunsaturated fat that is all the rage these days. This fatty acid is essential to human health, but it cannot be manufactured naturally by the body.

A researcher in England has developed a diet designed to increase intake of the healthy components found in red wine and dark chocolate. Though it's definitely not a drink-all-you-want diet, it does encourage moderate daily wine and chocolate consumption, especially of certain kinds of wine and chocolate that retain those healthy polyphenols.