Nutrients

           Healthy diet is always essential for every persons to live in this world to maintain good health. In a healthy diet, essential nutrients should present in the required quantity and with good quality. "Nutrients" are constituents of food and they are of three types namely energy producers, body builders and body protectors.

         Energy producers are fats, carbohydrates in our food. They are the main energy producers in our body. About 65% of food is occupied by carbohydrates and fat is only 10%. It is good to have more carbohydrate ratio than fat in our food. More fat would tend to produce more problems which is becoming common problem in present situation.

      Body builders are those substances which helps in body growth and maintenance. Proteins are the responsible nutrients for building our body and helps in production of other essential hormones and enzymes in our body to protect from harmful agents and also maintain in wear and tear process.

       Body protectors are Vitamins and Minerals. They are needed in micro unit for essential work to be done in our body which protect from many deficiency diseases.

Balanced diet

    Balanced Diet:

            As now people are running behind their works and have no leisure time to concentrate on their foods and health, most people have to go for fast foods which has no balanced food. It has mere taste and fat with no good in them. Most people are ignorant of this truth and go for their stomach filling with feast to their taste buds. 

    Diet is essential everyday to carry our daily activities. Are you aware that your diet is balanced one which meets your body daily requirements?  To have a clear knowledge about it you have to learn what is balanced diet and how to maintain.

        Balanced diet is the diet which should have all the nutrients in the required amount including the traces of elements.  Balanced diet should have carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water.  

     For a day one person should consume carbohydrates and fats depending on the calories they need.  Carbohydrate releases approximately 4kcalories for one gram. Fat gives 9kcal for one gram intake.  Both carbohydrate and fat are energy producers. Other than these, protein is essential for our body to build up. Hence everyday intake of protein is essential. 

       Vitamins, minerals are very essential for body functions, hormone production and enzyme productions.  Micro-nutrients include anti oxidants, phytochemicals are essential for protecting body from radical reactions.  

      A well balanced diet should contain all these constituents in our daily food.  Here are some examples of food for a well balanced diet for different region of people.