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Components of Food

The document outlines the essential nutrients found in food, including carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibers, and water, each serving specific functions for the body's growth and maintenance. It emphasizes the importance of a balanced diet that provides all necessary nutrients in appropriate quantities while avoiding excessive fats to prevent obesity. Additionally, it discusses deficiency diseases caused by a lack of nutrients and the symptoms associated with them.

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Components of Food

The document outlines the essential nutrients found in food, including carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, dietary fibers, and water, each serving specific functions for the body's growth and maintenance. It emphasizes the importance of a balanced diet that provides all necessary nutrients in appropriate quantities while avoiding excessive fats to prevent obesity. Additionally, it discusses deficiency diseases caused by a lack of nutrients and the symptoms associated with them.

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Components of Food

Nutrients: Food is required for the growth and maintenance of the body. The food
consists of different nutrients and each of them have a special function in
the growth of the body.

Major nutrients: The major nutrients in our food are carbohydrates, proteins, fats,
vitamins and minerals. In addition, food also contains dietary fibres
and water.

1) Carbohydrates:
 They are the major group of nutrients that provides us energy for the functioning
of the body.
 They are generally present in the form of sugar and starch in the food.
 The sources of carbohydrates in the food are: mango, rice, melon, sugarcane,
bajra etc.

2) Proteins:
 They help in the growth of the body and also called “Body-Building Foods”.
 They are essential for the healthy development and repair of the muscles,
tissues, organs, hormones, hair etc.
 The sources of fats: eggs, milk, paneer, soyabeans, moong dal, cheese etc.

3) Fats:
 They provide the body with the required energy to do work and also called
“Energy Giving Foods”.
 They are harmful if taken in large quantities.
 The sources of fats: meat, butter, ghee, eggs, groundnuts, vegetable oil, coconut
oil, nuts etc.

4) Minerals:
 These are elements required by the body in small amounts. It is essential for
growth and development of bones, teeth and red blood cells.
 Various minerals are required for different purposes. Like calcium for the bones,
teeth, iron for red blood cells, iodine for functioning of thyroid gland.
 The sources of some of the minerals in the food are: Calcium in milk/eggs,
phosphorus in milk/banana, iron in apples etc.

5) Dietary Fibres/Roughage:
 These are the dietary fibres that are present in the food and they don’t provide
any nutrients to the body. Their role is to help the body remove the undigested
food.
 Water is yet another component of the food that helps in the absorption/absorb
of nutrients and removing the waste in the form of urine and sweat.
 The roughages is present in whole grains like oats, vegetables like beans, carrots
etc., fruits like apples, pears etc.
6) Vitamins:
 These are yet another group of substances that keeps the body safe from any
diseases.
 They are also essential for the health of the eyes, bones, teeth and gums.

Vitamins Deficiency Disease/Disorder Sources/Food


Vitamin A Loss of vision (for healthy vision, skin, Eggs, fish, milk, carrots, sweet
bones, teeth & reproduction ) potato, pumpkin, mango,
papaya etc.
Vitamin B 1 Beriberi (for muscles and covert food into Watermelon, tomato, rice,
energy ) wheat etc.
Vitamin C Scurvy (for fighting diseases, helps make Fruit & fruit juices, lemon,
new cell & improves immune system) orange etc.
Vitamin D Rickets (helps form deformed bones are Sunlight, milk, fish, eggs etc.
joints & teeth via calcium and phosphorus)

Balanced Diet:
 It provides all the nutrients that our body needs, in right quantities, along with
adequate amount of roughage and water.
 A balanced diet contains whole grains like rice or wheat for carbohydrates,
pulses like dal and meat or egg for proteins, vegetables for minerals, vitamins
and fibres.
 Eating food that has too much of fats, like fried food or sweets must be avoided
as this can increase the body weight leading to a condition called obesity.

Note:
 Eating the right kind of food is not enough. It should also be cooked
properly so that its nutrients are not lost.
 If the vegetables and fruits are washed after cutting or peeling them, it may
result in the loss of some Vitamins.
 Vitamins C get easily destroyed by heat during cooking.

Deficiency Diseases:
 These are the diseases cause due to the lack of required nutrients for a long
period in the diet.
 These diseases have various symptoms according to the nutrient that is
deficient. This condition can be overcome by having a balanced diet.

Vitamins Deficiency Symptoms


Disease/Disorder
Calcium Bone and tooth decay Weak bones, tooth decay
Iodine Goiter Glands in the neck appear swollen,
mental disability in children
Iron Anaemia Weakness

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