Maintaining a healthy diet is an important part of overall well-being. The right foods give us energy to get through each school or work day. When we eat nutritious foods, we are feeding our bones, muscles, skin, eyes, hair, and more. We’re helping our immune system to be effective, as well as helping to protect against future disease. For students, a healthy diet can help us stay alert, retain information, avoid low energy levels, and be more effective when it comes to taking notes, studying, and writing exams.

A healthy diet is a balanced one, rich in nutrition-dense food and low in processed foods high in unhealthy amounts of fat and sugar. Health Canada has provided guidelines to healthy eating, with Canada’s food guide. You can download a free copy of the food guide here.