First, what is food nutrition?
Edible nutrition refers to the nutrients contained in food, including carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals and water. They are essential substances for normal growth and development of human body and various physiological and metabolic processes.
Second, why is food nutrition essential to human health?
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Food nutrition is very important to human health. If the human body ingests too much or too little nutrition, it will lead to human imbalance and cause many diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes.
2. Promote growth and development
Bad eating habits will affect children's physical development, and the nutrients contained in food can promote growth and development, enhance immunity, and make children grow healthier.
Provide energy
The main nutrients in food, such as carbohydrate, protein and fat, are all important substances to provide energy. The human body needs energy to maintain normal physiological metabolism, so reasonable intake of these nutrients can provide us with enough energy.
Third, how to choose healthy food?
1. Eat more vegetables and fruits.
Vegetables and fruits are not only rich in vitamins, minerals and cellulose, but also low in fat, so they are regarded as "natural health products". We should eat fresh and diversified vegetables and fruits in moderation to ensure our health.
Salt control
High-salt diet is one of the main causes of hypertension and other diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to minimize the intake of salt, especially pickled food, processed food and fast food with high salt content.
Control grease
Excessive animal fat and fried food will increase the cholesterol and fat content of human body, which will easily lead to obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other diseases. In life, we should try to reduce the intake of this kind of food.
4. Balanced intake
Food nutrition should be varied and moderate. The daily food intake should be evenly distributed, not partial eclipse or selectivity.
Fourth, how to cultivate healthy eating habits?
1. Develop a good habit of eating regularly. It is recommended to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner on time every day to avoid excessive or insufficient calorie intake.
2. Eat more cereals, beans and other plants and protein food. Eating more vegetarian food can reduce the intake of animal fat and cholesterol, thus reducing the risk of heart disease and other diseases.