Health and Nutritious food.

 Health And Nutritious food.

AARUSH

Mar 17 2022

A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition. Itprotects you against many chronic noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Eating a variety of foods and consuming less salt, sugars and saturated and industrially-produced trans-fats, are essential for healthy diet.Healthy just means a food that stops you from getting sick and keeps you living longer. Nutritious means a food that fills you with the sufficient amount of nutrients (vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins) your body requires to survive.Nutrient-rich (or nutrient-dense) foods arelow in sugar, sodium, starches, and bad fats. They contain a lot of vitamins and minerals and few calories. Your body needs vitamins and minerals, known as micronutrients. They nourish your body and help keep you healthy. They can reduce your risk for chronic diseases.GAIN defines a “nutritious” food as a food that in the context where it is consumed and by the individual that consumes it, provides beneficial nutrients (e.g. vitamins, major and trace minerals, essential amino acids, essential fatty acids, dietary fibre) and minimises potentially harmful elements (e.g. antinutrients).A healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition. It protects you against many chronic noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Eating a variety of foods and consuming less salt, sugars and saturated and industrially-produced trans-fats, are essential for healthy diet.