Ten Nutritional Guidelines For Filipinos

Disseminating simple and practical nutrition message that encourage individuals to consume an adequate and well-balanced diet together with a healthy lifestyle is therefore a most desirable objective. In their simplest form, these messages are called Nutritional Guidelines.

1. Eat a variety of foods everyday.

2. Breast-feed infants exclusively from birth to 4-6 months and then, give appropriate foods while continuing breast-feeding.

3. Maintain children's normal growth through proper diet and monitor their growth regularly.

4. Consume fish, lean meat, poultry or dried beans.

5. Eat more vegetables, fruits and root crops.

6. Eat foods cooked in edible/cooking oil daily.

7. Consume milk, milk products and other calcium-rich foods such as small fish and dark green leafy vegetables everyday.

8. Use iodized salt, but avoid excessive intake of salty foods.

9. Eat clean and safe food.

10. For a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition, exercise regularly, do not smoke and avoid drinking alcoholic beverages.

Source: nscb.gov.ph