Lesson 2 of 9

A balanced diet

Goal: Describe a balanced diet.

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A plate of chicken, rice, broccoli and carrots, with a glass of water

A balanced diet gives your body the right amount of each of the seven parts: not too little and not too much.

  • No single food has everything. A balanced diet needs a variety of foods.
  • Most foods give more than one nutrient. Milk gives protein, lipids and the mineral calcium.
  • Each food has a main nutrient. Bread and rice are mostly carbohydrate. Chicken and fish are rich in protein. Butter and oil are mostly lipid.

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Balanced diet Eating the right amount of each nutrient, with fibre and water

Carbohydrate The body’s main source of energy: starch and sugars

Lipid A fat or an oil, which the body can store for energy

Protein The nutrient used to build new tissue for growth and repair

For teachers: AQA 3.8.4 · Pearson Edexcel 5.2 · Cambridge 8Bp.01