Food & Drink
The right foods help you not only to live but to live well. People often do not realize their food choices affect the way they feel, both physically and emotionally.
Read An Introduction to Food and Drink for Whole Health
Why are Food and Drink Important?
Making healthy choices about what you eat and drink is a powerful way to help care for yourself. Food and drink give our bodies the fuel used to work properly, stay healthy, and fight disease. Choosing foods that nourish rather than harm your body may help prevent chronic conditions and the need for certain medications in the future. Food can also be used to help treat some health conditions.
The resources offered here will help you work to manage your food and drink for better health and well-being.
Whole Health Handouts
Carbohydrates and Your Health — Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Blood Sugars
Deciding How to be a Healthier Eater
Healthy Tips on Eating Out and Grocery Shopping
How a Healthy Gut Makes for a Healthier You
Probiotics for Specific Conditions
How to Eat a Mediterranean Diet
Eating to Reduce Irritable Bowel Symptoms: The FODMaP Diet
Whole Health Food, Drink, Activity, and Symptom Log
When Your Food & Drink Could Be Causing You Problems: Elimination Diets
A Patient Centered Approach to Food & Drink
Part of the Components of Health and Well-Being video series.
Eat Wisely
Guidance on healthy eating from VA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
MOVE! Coach
The MOVE! Coach app helps Veterans, Service members, their families, and other users track and receive feedback on their progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals as part of a 19-week weight loss program.
Change your Behavior
Tips on setting goals from VA’s MOVE! Program.
