Australian Dietary Guidelines - Summary - National Health and ...

guideline 1QUIZ: are you eating for health?Take this quick quiz for adults to find outthe answer – be honest! Give yourselfone point for each box you tick if you: Eat at least 5 serves of vegetables everyday. A serve is ½ cup cooked vegetables(hot chips don’t count!) or 1 cup of salad. Eat at least 2 serves of fruit every day.A serve is 1 medium piece or 2 smallpieces of fresh fruit, or one cup of choppedor canned fruit (no added sugar). Have at least 2 serves of reduced fatmilk, yoghurt, cheese or alternativesevery day (for example, 1 slice ofreduced fat cheese, a small tub ofreduced fat yoghurt (preferably noadded sugar), 1 cup of milk or 1 cupof soy milk with added calcium). Eat mostly wholegrain cereals(such as high fibre breakfast cerealand wholemeal bread). Eat at least a small serve of lean meator chicken (fat and/or skin cut off) orfish, or eggs or some nuts or legumes(for example, lentils, chickpeas, beanssuch as kidney beans or baked beans)every day. Drink plenty of water every day andlimit drinks with added sugars, suchas soft drinks, cordial, energy drinksand sports drinks. Limit takeaway foods such as pizzas,commercial burgers, hot chips or otherdeep fried foods to once a week or less. Limit store-bought cakes, muffins,pastries, pies and biscuits to oncea week or less. Limit salty foods like processedmeats (for example, salami andbacon), crisps and salty snacksto once a week or less, andavoid adding salt during cookingor at the table. Drink no more than 2 standarddrinks containing alcohol onany one day.How did you rate?8–10 points Congratulations,you’re already apretty healthy eater!6-8 points Keep going, you’renearly there!4–6 points There’s plenty of roomfor improvement.Less than 4 It’s time for aserious overhaul.Use the information in this booklet forsome great ideas.Poor eating habits are sometimes hardto break. For adults, it’s not too lateto make changes if poor eating habitshave crept up, but it’s importantto keep changes realistic usingthe practical information inthis booklet should help.For more information go to:www.eatforhealth.gov.au6