I'm a health specialist and work in the health department at the local North Beach Clinic in Durban. I studied health food and nutrition at the University of Pretoria. Being a healthy eater requires you to become both educated and smart about what healthy eating actually is. Being food smart isn't about learning to calculate grams or fat, or is it about studying labels and counting calories. Healthy eating is all about balanced and moderate eating, consisting of healthy meals at least three times per day. Healthy eaters eat many different types of foods, not limiting themselves to one specific food type or food group. Here are a few resources to get you going Control Your Glycemic Index, diabetes weight control, glycemic index diet plan, Health and Diabetes, Foods to Eat With Type 2 Diabetes and Early Symptoms Diabetes. A healthy eater is a good problem solver. Healthy eaters have learned to take care of themselves and their eating with sound judgement and making wise decisions. Healthy eaters are always aware of what they eat, and know the effect that it will have on their bodies.