A healthy diet should achieve all of the following objectives:

• It should have sufficient calories to maintain one’s metabolic
needs and to power you through whatever activities you
undertake. However, the number of calories should not be so high
that it causes your body to begin storing excess amounts of fat.
Stored fat should never be more than 30% of your body mass.

• A good diet should have sufficient quantities of fat including
monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and saturated fat. This should
be balanced by omega 6 and omega 3 lipids.

• It should also avoid saturated fats as much as possible, as well as
trans-fats or trans-fatty acids as they are sometimes known.

• A good diet should also include a significant amount of amino
acids (which are complete proteins). This provides replenishment
to your cells and transports proteins throughout your body. All the
essential amino acids are present in both animal and plant
protein.

• There must be complete avoidance of directly poisonous
substances such as heavy metals and carcinogenic substances.

One should also avoid high doses of certain foods that may be alright in
small doses but not in large doses, such as:

• Food or substances with directly toxic properties such as ethyl
alcohol.

• Foods that could exhaust the normal functions of the body such
as eating refined carbohydrates that need extra dietary fiber to be
digested.

• Foods that could interfere with other body processes, such as
refined table salt.