When you’re reading food and diet blogs, chances are you encounter a number of terms that you just don’t understand—making the process of becoming healthier even more difficult that ridding your cupboard of your favorite chips. Even we’re guilty of opening up a new tab on our browser and looking up words like polyunsaturated fat, enzyme and trans fatty acid. Because we want a healthy lifestyle to be accessible, we’ve decided to define a few of those confusing, yet common terms so you’re equipped to decide whether a new food trend is right for you.

These are just a few of the many terms you should know when pursuing a healthy lifestyle. Stay curious and always look up what confusing terms mean instead of just skipping over them—they could help you achieve a more balanced and complete diet, which is essential to being the healthiest you.

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