The document summarizes the six main food groups: meats and proteins, grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy, and fats and oils. Meats and proteins provide building blocks for the body from sources like meat, poultry, fish and legumes. Grains contain bran, germ and endosperm and can generally be sprouted. Fruits contain seeds and have sweet flesh like apples and oranges. Vegetables are edible plant parts other than sweet fruits and can be eaten raw or cooked. Dairy products come from cow or buffalo milk and are high in energy. Fats and oils provide energy and improve texture and flavor.

1. The Six Food GroupsMeats & ProteinGrainsFruitsVegetablesDairyFats & Oils

3. Meat & ProteinProteins are the building blocks of almost every part of your body. Protein can be provided by meat, poultry, fish, legumes and nuts.

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10. GrainsWhole grains are cereal grains that contain bran and germ as well as the endosperm, in contrast to refine grains, which retain only the endosperm. Whole grains can generally be sprouted while processed grains generally will not sprout. Wholemeal products are made from wholegrain flour.

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13. FruitIn broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state. Examples are apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries, juniper berries and bananas, lemons and olives.

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18. VegetablesThe noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed.Some vegetables can be consumed raw, and some may (or must) be cooked in various ways, most often in non-sweet (savoury or salty) dishes. However, a few vegetables are often used in desserts and other sweet dishes, such as rhubarb pies and carrot cakes.

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23. DairyDairy products are generally defined as foods produced from Cow's or Domestic Buffalo's milk. They are usually high-energy-yielding food products.

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26. Fats and OilsFats and oils are a source of energy. They also aid in making both natural and prepared foods more palatable by improving the texture and providing a more desirable flavour.

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