Hello everyone today, let's discuss something new and different and in order to do so, let's start by asking ourselves, what did we...
Hello everyone
today, let's discuss something new and
different
and in order to do so, let's start by
asking ourselves, what did we eat for Lunch yesterday was it a burger, a pizza a vegetable sandwich or just some tasty
curry and rice
or did you skip a meal
well we all keep wondering what should
we eat to be healthy and fit
but don't worry, in the next 5 minutes
we will try to give you all a complete picture about nutrition yes you heard me right
we all come across this term quite often
but failed to understand the true meaning of it so without any further delay, let's get started
every living organism needs energy isn't
that true
we see animals like cows grazing in the
fields
Then another example is that we humans
have food two to three times in a day
now all this food we eat is to obtain
energy in the body
so we can say that food is the fuel
required by the body to function
properly and for the living organisms to
survive
humans perform all the day-to-day
activities like walking exercising
playing sports dancing climbing etc
by using the energy obtained from the
food they eat
but besides all these do you all know
that the body also requires energy even
when we do not perform any physical
activity
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like say just sitting around doing
nothing sleeping or meditating
this is because that energy is required
by the body for biological processes
which continuously occur in the body
like breathing or beating of the heart
therefore to produce energy food is the
basic requirement for everyone
we as humans have a variety of food
available to us to eat
the simplest form of food is glucose
here we say the simplest form of food
because our body can absorb glucose
quickly and provide instant energy
we all know that sportsmen and athletes
depend on this glucose syrup for instant
energy
also a glucose drip is given to patients
in the hospitals as they too need this
instant energy
but we all know it's not a complete form
of food
food has many more components, which when eaten together provide us with the required energy
let's see what our daily diet looks like
we consume foods like rice potato and
types of breads which provide energy but
not as quickly as glucose, these foods
contain starch which is a complex form
of glucose itself
and this starch is ultimately broken by
the body into glucose
and therefore starch is absorbed in a
slower rate as compared to simple
glucose molecules
now both these components that is
glucose and starch belong to a family of
carbohydrates
but other than carbohydrates there are
other families like proteins fats and vitamins and minerals
so now let's look at the various food
sources of these families
since all the contents in these families
provide energy, they are called as nutrients
when all these nutrients are present in
some form in our diet in the right
quantity we call that diet to be a
healthy and well-balanced diet
and the process of consuming all these
nutrients and using them for the growth
maintenance and repair of our body is
called as nutrition but what if all these nutrients are
present in an imbalanced form in an
individual's diet
that is, if the nutrients are in
insufficient quantities we say that the
person is suffering from under nutrition
but on the other hand, what if any of
these nutrients are in excess quantities
we say that it's over nutrition
now both these terms for an imbalanced
form of nutrition in one's diet can be
collectively termed as malnutrition
but commonly we consider undernutrition
as a major aspect of malnutrition
besides this, we all have heard the term
deficiency
now deficiency occurs if an individual
fails to meet the daily requirement of
only a particular nutrient, thus it is
very important for all the nutrients to
be present in a balanced quantity in our
diet for a healthy and happy life
so as promised we did give you all the
information you need about a healthy diet
but just so you know
our food eating habits have given rise
to some unusual myths related to nutrition
like for example
some people say that skipping breakfast
helps you to lose weight
but the fact is
research shows that breakfast skippers
tend to overeat during the day
so don't go by the logic that by
skipping a meal, you tend to consume less
food
so now since we have busted this
well-known myth with a very important
fact we would like to tell you only one
thing eat well and stay healthy
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