The 10 commandments of healthy eating

Where the Bible meets nutrition. Here are the famous 10 commandments as adapted by nutritionist Catherine Saxelby.

Thou shalt:

1. Honour thy body by choosing a healthy balanced diet with variety.
2. Partake liberally of vegetables, salads, fruit and legumes.
3. Quench thy thirst with eight glasses of water each day.
4. Say ‘No’ to greasy sustenance that’s loaded with trans and saturated fats.
5. Stop sprinkling chicken salt on chips or salt on your meals before you taste them.
6. Use sugar lightly and expunge thy sweet tooth.
7. Eat foods close to nature – avoid refined and processed fare.
8. Imbibe alcohol in moderation.
9. Obey thy stomach and don’t eat portions that are too large for it.
10. Deny thyself too much caffeine.

The bottom line

Follow these 10 commandments and you’re sure to get to bed healthier, wealthier and wiser. They are what’s what in nutrition at the moment. For more on sugar, salt and water, go to:

• Sugar and how much to eat
• Salt types from free-flowing to chunky
• Recommendations for water intake