It’s very important that we should eat the right food.

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It’s very important that we should eat the right food.
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Is it a correct sentence?
 

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Is it a correct sentence?
Yes.

Variants that are perhaps a little more natural:

It's very important that we eat the right food.
It's very important to eat the right food.


The first is in a slightly more formal register.
 

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It's important to eat the right food.

Yes. Pizza. Hamburgers. Gyros. Chili.
 

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Variants that are perhaps a little more natural:

It's very important that we eat the right food.
It's very important to eat the right food.
i don't find those more - or less - natural.
 
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You probably mean "foods."
 

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I am happy with 'food'.
 
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