Easy tips for healthy eating

To eat healthfully, Hillari Dowdle, editor of Natural Health magazine, suggests that you can keep up a sensible eating plan, day in and day out, by sprucing up your meals throughout the week.

Among fast, easy and tasty suggestions she gives are:

* Sprinkle 1/2 cup of blackberries or other berries on your morning cereal.

* In place of melted butter, drizzle 1 tablespoon of lemon olive oil on steamed vegetables.

* Add 2 tablespoons of chopped almonds to a salad or stir-fry.

* Add 1/2 cup of white or red beans to soups or salads.

* Go meatless one day a week.

* Get at least 4 grams of fiber per day.

* Eat foods in as close to their natural state as possible.