Food is anything that can be taken by mouth, digested in body and gives useful nutrition. In other words, food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support nutrients, such as fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Combination of food constituent in a proper combination makes a balanced diet. Balanced diet is the balanced intake of nutrients required for proper continuation of life processes. A balanced diet contains various groups of nutrients, particularly carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins. It meets a person's caloricneed The components of a balanced diet differ according to age, sex,physical activity and the physiological state. Children need more proteins for growth and development. A person who works very hard needs more intake of carbohydrates and fats.
NUTRITION
Nutrition is the process of proper intake of food, which is needed for continuing life processes Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary has defined nutrition as "the process by which living things receive the food necessary for them to grow and be healthy". Proper nutrition maintains the proper functioning of body tissues and cells. It is essential for survival. It is said that individual's health is a result of what he eats. Therefore, an individual must maintain all sorts of food from different groups so that body can fulfil its requirements for proper functioning and development. The food that we eat should contain appropriate nutritive values.
# General objectives of food are as follows:
a. To construct healthy body
b. To gain energy
c. To regulate the physiological processes of our body
d. .To protect body form diseases and infirmities
e. To develop psychological state of person
f. To assist in socio-cultural functions
G. To develop personality
General Outline of Nutritional Requirements
* water-61.6%
*protein-17.0%
*Lipid-13.8%
*Mineral-1.5%
*Carbohydrate -6.1%
*Total-100%
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