Healthy eating is a way of balancing the food you eat to keep your body strong, energized, and well nourished. Healthy eating and drinking are the best things you can do for yourself. A healthy lifestyle is about eating well, feeling good and enjoying the food that you eat.

1 - Drink Water - Our body needs a lot of water. Water is not just way to flush out toxin but if you have more water in your body you will generally feel healthier and fitter. Water is a natural appetite suppressant, so developing a good water drinking habit can be a long-term aid in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. It is not clear how much water intake is needed by healthy people, though most advocates agree that 6–7 glasses of water (approximately 2 litres) daily is the minimum to maintain proper hydration. If you're serious about becoming leaner and healthier, drinking water is an absolute must.

2 - Eat fresh fruit - Instead of drinking fruit juice, choose fruit. Juice is often sweetened but fresh fruits have natural sugars. Fresh fruit is an important part of a healthy balanced diet, relatively low in calories and is nutrient dense. Fresh fruit is generally available from September to December. Fruit is a delicious way to add needed nutrients and vitamins to your diet such as peaches, plums, apricots, melon, cherries (if you have patience to pit), berries, apples, pears, grapes, or tropical fruit.

3 – Go Vegetables – This source of nutrition is your best bet when it comes to losing pounds. There are many types of vegetables to choose from. Try to eat at least two servings a day. And the leafy green vegetables are your best bet. Try to include a salad in you diet always.

4 - Eat Smart - The difference between man and beast is that we are driven by intelligence while beasts are driven by instinct. Don’t just eat something because you feel like eating it. Ask your self whether your body really needs it.

5 – Easy On The Sweet Tooth - Control your sweet tooth. Those with a sweet tooth beware the lure of Belgian chocolate. It is natural that we have cravings for sweet things especially chocolates and other confectionary. Keep this type of eating to a minimal the best you can.

6 - Eat When Your Hungry - Some of us have the tendency to eat whenever we see food. We use outings as an excuse to stuff our selves. Don’t blow the time you spent dieting on an event like this. Just because your in a social scene doesn’t mean you should chow down if others are.

7 - Don’t Snack out of Boredom - Do not fall for snacks in between meals. The main problem with snacking is that it is usually less filling and contains a lot of fat and calories. Just think about a stop and Dairy Queen… tempting but terribly fattening.

8 - Black tea or coffee - Black tea or coffee can actually be good for you. But personally I would like to recommend tea rather than coffee. The caffeine in the coffee is not really good for you because it is an alkaloid and can affect other functions of your body like the metabolism.

9 – Just Say No To Fried Food - Fried foods are generally considered to have a high fat content because there is no efficient method for removing the cooking oil from the surface of the food once frying has been completed. Fried foods are incompatible with health and if you choose to eat fried foods at any time in your life, even just one meal a week, you're going to have unhealthy cholesterol levels as a result. .

10 – Don’t Skip Meals - The worse thing you can do while watching you diet is skip a meal because you need to eat consistent to keep your metabolism in balance. It has just the opposite effect of what you want. You need to have at least four small regular meals every day.

Make an honest effort with yourself to eat healthy and the results will clearly show. Definitly not always an easy task, but if you make this your habit you will discover more energy and enjoy a healthier lifestyle.