What is the difference between balanced diet and adequate diet?

Answer 1

An adequate diet contains all nutrients necessary for long-term survival. It may not necessarily be optimal or have any variety.

A balanced diet refers to a diet that that contains right proportion of protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals and fiber . For instance, if you eat nothing but rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, and corn, then that is NOT a balanced diet because it has plenty of starch and not enough protein, fiber, or fat.

Answer 2

An adequate diet contains all nutrients necessary for long-term survival. It may not necessarily be optimal or have any variety.

A balanced diet refers to a diet that does not have too much of just one thing. For instance, if you eat nothing but rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, and corn, then that is NOT a balanced diet because it has too many starches and not enough protein, fiber, or fat.

A moderate diet is like a balanced diet. Not extreme in any way: not extremely low fat, not extremely low carb, not extremely high sugar; everything is very moderate. However 'moderate' tends to be a VERY subjective term, because what is moderate for one person may not be moderate for another.

A varied diet simply means you are not eating the same foods every day; the foods that you eat vary, which prevents you from becoming deficient in any nutrient.

Answer 3

A balanced diet has a good proportion of the 6 types of food ie protein, carbs, fat... An adequate diet has the minimum of these to stay healthy and not in ideal proportion.

Answer 4

Diet is when you are eating things that does not contain fats and a balanced diet is when you are eating all e required nutrients

Answer 5

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