Healthy eating is a key part of maintaining good health.
Healthy eating involves eating the right mix of foods in the right amounts to fuel your body and provide the nutrients needed to function well and feel your best.
Healthy eating helps to:
- maintain a healthy weight
- reduce the risk of developing chronic health issues such as heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers.
- boost your immune system
- improve mood and mental health
- improve sleep quality
How can I eat more healthily?
Maintaining a healthy diet as a coal mine worker can be challenging, with the influence of shift work and rotating rosters, and the temptation of takeaway food. But healthy eating is achievable with the right knowledge and preparation.
A healthy diet involves:
- eating more fruit and vegetables, legumes and wholegrain/high fibre-bread and cereals, healthy protein sources (fish, chicken, lean meat, eggs, nuts and seeds) and reduced fat dairy food or dairy alternatives.
- eating less foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt, (including pies, pizza, deep fried food, processed meats, cakes, pastries, lollies and chocolate), and limiting sugary drinks and alcohol, whilst drinking plenty of water.
Download our fact sheet about healthy eating
Healthy eating tips and resources
A shift worker’s guide to nutrition
Healthy eating our and takeaway guide
Programs and services
The Healthy Weight Initiative
CS Health’s personalised, 12-session, healthy lifestyle program can help you to set and achieve healthy eating goals, lose weight and improve your health. Both face-to-face and online telehealth appointments are available. Learn more.
Toolbox talks
CS Health can provide onsite workplace education on healthy eating Learn more.
NSW Health Get Healthy Service
This is a free telephone and online health coaching service that supports people to reach their health goals. You can do the program from home, at a time that suits you. Visit Get Healthy NSW or call 1300 806 258 join.
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