An Introduction to Healthy Meal Plans
A healthy meal plan lays out all the food that will be consumed in a day. It includes both meals and snacks. Water is not generally detailed, but is always part of healthy eating. The reason for making a meal plan is to ensure that sufficient food is consumed, excess food is not consumed, and that all the necessary nutrients are eaten each day.
Breakfast is always part of a healthy meal plan. Breaking the night’s “fast” fuels the brain as well as the muscles and is important to getting a good start to the day. Blood sugar drops through the long night, and breakfast raises it back to a [...]