Nutrition Balanced Diet

Healthy eating – The pursuit of a balanced diet to support health and reduce the risks

of chronic disease. Healthy eating principles should form the solid foundations on which athletes can build more specific nutritional strategies to support training and competition.

Foods are popularly classed as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and ‘healthy’ or ‘unhealthy’, with healthy eating often viewed as 'effort' or 'too restrictive.

This process is called 'leaching'. "Leaching is the process of a solute becoming detached or extracted from its carrier substance by way of a solvent "

Juicing and raw foods are now a popular means of trying to increase the nutrient content of the diet for the health conscious. Investigate the potential advantages and disadvantages of these two methods of food preparation.