| 'We are what we eat'! Everyday various researches | | | | - Poultry, Fish and Meat products |
| are conducted which have similar outcomes, that | | | | These above mentioned five groups, when consumed |
| eating a healthy and balanced diet, rich in nutrition, | | | | in a healthy balanced diet, ensures a balanced supply |
| promotes good overall health. Unhealthy food habits | | | | of vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre to the body. |
| lead to an unhealthy and diseased body. The food that | | | | However, the food group serving will vary from person |
| we eat contains essential nutrients that support our | | | | to person, as it will depend upon factors like age, body |
| body's metabolism. Deficiency of nutrition can lead to | | | | size, and gender and activity level. It is important to |
| accumulation of toxins in our body. This can result in | | | | consume a variety of food items within a group and |
| chronic diseases in the long run. A well balanced and | | | | across the groups. This is because; each food item |
| nutritious diet not only helps in maintaining an over all | | | | belonging to each food group provides different |
| well being but also helps in maintaining a healthy Body | | | | quantity of nutrition. Some food product of a food |
| Mass Index (BMI). It reduces the risk of many | | | | group provides more nutrition than other food item |
| incapacitating diseases like diabetics, osteoporosis, | | | | belonging to the same food group. This eating pattern |
| cardiovascular ailments, cancer and stroke. Not only | | | | will ensure that you get maximum recommended |
| developing healthy eating habits is important, but also | | | | nutrition from every food group. Moreover, a large |
| eating the right food is extremely crucial. Eating the | | | | food variety will also make an interesting and delicious |
| wrong kind of food, like fried, greasy and junk food | | | | meal! |
| with zero nutritional value, can also lower your nutrition | | | | Adapting the above mentioned eating habits will ensure |
| count. Thus, a nutritious diet is very important for | | | | that your body is protected against many health |
| preventing or curing various health problems and | | | | problems and diseases. This will not only help in |
| diseases. | | | | prevention but will also help in curing many ailments. |
| Nutritious Food Groups: | | | | Remember, prevention is better than cure. You must |
| No single nutritional group can fulfil our body's nutritional | | | | note that medicines only treat the symptoms of a |
| needs. It is highly important that we add a variety of | | | | disease, not its root cause. The root cause of most of |
| healthy foods to our meals, to derive all types of | | | | the diseases and ailments we suffer from are caused |
| nutrition required by our body. There are five main | | | | by wrong eating habits. This leads to accumulation of |
| categories of food that are highly nutritious in nature: | | | | toxins in the body system, which further worsens the |
| - Vegetables | | | | condition.On the other hand, a well balanced and |
| - Fruits | | | | nutritious diet rectifies the root cause of diseases and |
| - Cereals and Pulses | | | | restores the overall well being of the body. |
| - Dairy products, and | | | | |