Food And Nutrients
According to WHO health is the state of complete physical,social,emotitonaland mental well being.To maintain a good health throughout your life ingesting the right kind of food with right amount is very essential.
The major 5 food groups are
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Cereals and cereal products
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Pulses and legumes
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Milk and meat products
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Fruits and vegetables
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Fats and sugar
The nutritional requirements of an individual depends on Various factors like age , sex physical work and physiological stress.
The 5 Food Groups and Major Nutrients
| Image | Food Group | Main Nutrients |
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Cereal grains and products: Rice, Wheat, Ragi, Bajra, Maize, Jowar, Barley, Rice flakes, wheat flour | Energy,Protein, Invisible fat, Vitamin-B1 Vitamin-B2 Folic acid, Calcium, Iron, Fibre |
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Pulses and Legumes: Bengalagram, Blackgram, Greengram,Redgram, Lentil (whole as well as dhals), Cowpea, Peas, Rajmah, Soyabean |
Energy, Protein, Invisible fat, Vitamin-B, Vitamin-B, Folic acid, Calcium, Iron, Fibre. |
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Milk and Meat Products: Milk, Curd, Skimmed Milk, Cheese, Chick- en, Liver, Fish, Egg, Meat |
Protein, Fat, Vitamin-B2, Calcium |
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Fruits and Vegetables: Fruits: Mango, Guava, Tomato, Papaya, Orange, Sweet lime, Water melon. Vegetables: (green leafy) Amaranth, Spin-ach, Gogu, Drumstick leaves, Coriander – leaves, Fenugreek leaves. Other Vegetables: Carrots, Brinjal, Ladies finger, Beans Capsicum, Onion, Drumstick, Cauliflower. |
Carotenoids, Vitamin-C, Fibre, Invisible fat, Vitamin-B2, Folic acid, Iron.
Carotenoids Vitamin-B2, Folic Acid, Calcium, Iron, Fibre. Carotenoids, Folic acid, Calcium, Fibre |
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Fats and Sugar: Fats: Butter, Ghee, Hydrogerated fat, Cooking oils like groundnut, Mustard, Co-conut Sugar: Jaggery and sugar |
Energy, Fat, Essential Fatty acids.
Energy |
Balance Diet
A diet which contains different types of food in right proportion And quantities so that need for calories, proteins, minerals, Vitamins and other micro and macro nutrients are adequately Met and a small provision is made for extra nutrients to withstand Short duration of leanness.
