2. DEFINITION - NUTRITION
• The process of taking in food and using
it for growth, metabolism, and repair.
• The process of nourishing or being
nourished, especially the process by
which a living organism assimilates
food and uses it for growth and for
replacement of tissue
……………Theasurus medical dictionary
6. CLASSIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL
NUTRIENTS(BY NUTRITIVE VALUE)
•Cereals
•Pulses
•Vegetables
•Nuts & oil seeds
•Fruits
•Animal foods
•Fats and oils
•Sugar and
jaggery
•Condiments and
spices
•Miscellaneous
foods
7. CARBOHYDRATES
•Carbohydrates are simple sugar units
•All the foods we eat will turn in to the
form of glucose
•Based on the number of glucose
availability, they are divided into
saccharides
12. FIBRE
Fibre is a mixture of different
carbohydrates which are not digested
like other nutrients but pass through the
gut nearly unchanged.
13. MICRO NUTRIENTS
Vitamins are groups of related
substances present in small amounts in
foodstuffs and are necessary for the
body to function normally
62. CONCLUSION
Health is wealth; a good health is
attained by good nutrition. A
good nutrition should contain all
the essential components in
required amounts.
63.
64. BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
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2005, Vijayam publishers, Bangalore, 3 rd edition, Pg no
430
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