Myth 1: There is not enough food in the world for everyone to eat.
Reality: Not all people have the required access to buy food or cultivate them.
Food is essential to drive away hunger and malnutrition. Our body needs sufficient food to survive through. It gives us the required energy and sufficient nutrients to grow and develop to be healthy and energetic, to move around, work, exercise, play, think and learn. Our body needs a variety of the following 5 nutrients
Protein
Carbohydrate
Fat
Vitamins
Minerals
These nutrients are usually got from the food we eat every day to stay healthy, active and productive.
Protein – builds, maintains and repairs the body’s muscle, blood, skin, bones and other tissues and organs in the body. Meat, eggs, dairy and fish are the common foods that are rich in protein.
Carbohydrate – is main source of energy that is being provided to the body. Carbohydrates can be classified into two kinds; starches and sugars. The common starch rich food include rice, maize, wheat and potatoes while food rich in sugars include fruit, honey, sweets and chocolate bars.
Fat – This is also known as the body’s secondary source of energy. Fat helps people survive through during cold weather and actually is responsible for more energy or calories per gram than any other nutrient. Compared to the other nutrient, fat is more difficult to burn. Food rich in fats are oils, butter, lard, milk, cheese and some meat.
Vitamins and Minerals – Vitamins and minerals are needed in very small amounts by the human body and are sometimes called micronutrients, but are essential for good health, especially for the organs in the body. They basically control many functions and processes in the body, and in the case of minerals also help build body tissue such as bones (calcium) and blood (iron). Ever since the discovery of vitamins, the world has redefined the science of nutrition.
Thus, food is a very basic necessity for every human body to survive and to be healthy.
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