Expert Q&A for How to Plan a Healthy Diet

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    What is a healthy diet for a day?
    Tara Coleman
    Clinical Nutritionist
    Tara Coleman is a Clinical Nutritionist who has a private practice in San Diego, California. With over 15 years of experience, Tara specializes in sports nutrition, body confidence, and immune system health and offers personalized nutrition, corporate wellness, and online learning courses. She received a BS in Biology from James Madison University and spent six years in the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical chemist before founding her practice. Tara has been featured on NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN, and Dr. Oz The Good Life as well as in Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Self, and Runner’s World.
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    So, first of all, don't skip breakfast. Eat at least 3 meals. It's also okay to eat smaller meals more frequently if you prefer. Get plenty of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and some lean proteins. Stay away from unhealthy fats (a little healthy fat is okay). It isn't rocket science!
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    Where can you get omega three fatty acids?
    Tara Coleman
    Clinical Nutritionist
    Tara Coleman is a Clinical Nutritionist who has a private practice in San Diego, California. With over 15 years of experience, Tara specializes in sports nutrition, body confidence, and immune system health and offers personalized nutrition, corporate wellness, and online learning courses. She received a BS in Biology from James Madison University and spent six years in the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical chemist before founding her practice. Tara has been featured on NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN, and Dr. Oz The Good Life as well as in Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Self, and Runner’s World.
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    You can take a supplement if you really want to make sure you get enough of it. It's found naturally in fish, walnuts, and seeds. There's a small bit of it found in grass-fed beef as well.
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    Is a paleo diet safe and healthy?
    Tara Coleman
    Clinical Nutritionist
    Tara Coleman is a Clinical Nutritionist who has a private practice in San Diego, California. With over 15 years of experience, Tara specializes in sports nutrition, body confidence, and immune system health and offers personalized nutrition, corporate wellness, and online learning courses. She received a BS in Biology from James Madison University and spent six years in the pharmaceutical industry as an analytical chemist before founding her practice. Tara has been featured on NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN, and Dr. Oz The Good Life as well as in Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Self, and Runner’s World.
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    The paleo diet is good because it focuses on quality and emphasizes vegetables. In that sense, I'd say it's safe and healthy. I don't think cutting out certain foods, like beans, lentils, dairy, and grains, is necessarily something you really need to do. But in general, it's not a bad place to be diet-wise.
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    What are some tasty paleo-friendly foods I can incorporate into my diet?
    Dee Dine
    Nutrition & Vegan Food Specialist
    Dee Dine is a Nutrition and Vegan Food Specialist and the founder of Green Smoothie Gourmet, a blog dedicated to healthy, plant-based vegan, limited ingredient recipes. Dee holds a BS in Biology/Biochemistry with an emphasis in Immunology. Dee has written two books full of healthy plant-based recipes, including chocolate desserts, snacks, juices and, wellness shots. They are: "Crazy Healthy with 4 Ingredients: Dessert, Breakfast & Snack Vegan Recipes" and "4-Ingredient Smoothies and Juices: 100 Easy Nutritious Recipes for Lifelong Health". Dee is an editor with TheFeedFeed, a crowdsourced digital cooking publication, and has been featured on BuzzFeed, Marie Claire, the Academy of Culinary Nutrition, Well + Good, and Hello Glow.
    Nutrition & Vegan Food Specialist
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    There are a lot of paleo swaps you can try, like baking brownies and cookies with almond flour, eating avocado fries instead of french fries, and processing cauliflower into rice and using it instead of white or brown rice. You can also spiralize vegetables into noodles and use those instead of processed pasta.
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