eating without extremes: a calm guide to everyday food

Slim Care

An independent guide to everyday eating. We do not diagnose, design diets or recommend medicines, and we are not connected to the former website on this domain. For questions about health, food or weight, see a doctor; in an emergency call 112 or 103 (or your local emergency number).

Sources

Sources and limitations

A guide to eating has to stand behind every word, because people easily take food advice personally. Here we explain where our information comes from, why there are so few numbers in our texts, and how to check information you come across elsewhere.

A guide can explain general principles. Only a professional who actually sees a person can tailor eating advice to them.

— Editor's note

How we choose sources

Our foundation is the World Health Organization's advice on healthy eating. It summarises a large body of research and is revised as new evidence emerges.

Information on food labelling is based on the Eurasian Economic Union labelling rules (TR CU 022/2011). We summarise them in general terms and do not claim legal precision. Labelling rules differ by country, but listing ingredients in descending order by weight is common practice; check your local rules.

We deliberately use few numbers: we only quote figures taken from the sources named here and never invent our own targets.

Main sources

  • World Health Organization: "Healthy diet" fact sheet
  • Eurasian Economic Union labelling rules (TR CU 022/2011): "Food products in terms of their labelling"

How to check advice about food

Ask yourself who wrote the advice and what they want you to buy. If a recommendation ends with a link to a shop, it deserves a closer look.

Compare the advice with the WHO's position and your own doctor's view. Reliable information usually sounds measured, talks about variety and doesn't promise instant change.

Notice how a text talks about people. Content that shames people for how they look, splits foods into forbidden and allowed, or uses scare tactics rarely helps and can increase anxiety around food.

If the advice concerns treatment, tests or special eating for an illness, the only reliable person to ask is your own doctor, who knows your history.

  • Research

    How to read nutrition news: bold headlines, sample size, observation versus experiment, and who paid for the study.

  • Approaches

    How a varied plate works, how to cook simply with less salt, and how to plan shopping so good food is always within reach.

  • Ask your doctor

    Questions about weight, eating with a long-term condition and test results that are worth discussing with your own doctor.

  • Glossary

    Words from food packs and nutrition articles in plain English: from free sugars and sodium to fibre and ingredient lists.

Sources

  • World Health Organization: "Healthy diet" fact sheet
  • Eurasian Economic Union labelling rules (TR CU 022/2011): "Food products in terms of their labelling"

This guide draws on the World Health Organization's general advice on healthy eating and on food labelling requirements as they stood when it was written. Recommendations are updated from time to time, and decisions about your own eating are best made together with a doctor.