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AUDREY BROWN

Today, we’re asking people what makes for a healthy diet. How do you know if you’re eating a balanced diet?

SPEAKER 1

I was intending to have a baked potato and cottage cheese, which was going to be my plan, and because I’ve had a bad morning, I’m probably going to have bacon and egg instead, so I think it’s probably not such a good choice.

SPEAKER 2

Fish and chips. I had pho, and I’m hoping it was good for me, but it didn’t really taste like anything.

SPEAKER 3

Yes, I have salad, which I have every day actually.

SPEAKER 4

I’m having pizza today, so absolutely not. I guess maybe in small portions if you are particularly healthy person, you can have unhealthy food. But I’m not a particularly healthy person. so this is probably just compounding the fat and sugar that I ingest on a regular basis.

SPEAKER 5

We had fish and chips.

SPEAKER 6

I had some healthy noodles with vegetables and prawn thing, and it tasted very healthy.

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Didn’t really taste of anything.

SPEAKER 7

Yeah, I think so. I think so many people don’t agree with sandwiches, but I find bread not too bad.

AUDREY BROWN

Although noone that we interviewed specifically mentioned five a day, there was a general understanding that more fruits and vegetables in the diet is a good thing. But, of course, you also need carbohydrates, like bread, potatoes, pasta, and rice, protein, and dairy products, and then only a very small amount of foods that are very high in fat and sugar. But overall, it’s a mixture of all these things that makes for the best balanced diet.