Healthy nutrition enhances health and quality of life. Finding the correct balance for your body's personal needs is necessary to maintain overall health and reduce the risk of diet related diseases. Depriving yourself of your favorite foods is unnecessary and unrealistic. Occasionally indulging in your favorite foods is not out of the question as long as you include the foods needed to supply your body with the nutrients it requires, and keep intake of "unhealthy" foods to a more reasonable amount.