How To Live and Stay Healthy

 

To stay healthy, you need to eat a variety of plant foods because different plants supply the body with different proteins, vitamins and minerals.

You need to eat Nutritious meals. This is because eating Nutritious meals will help you grow up well and do well in every aspects.
When you eat Nutritious food,you will be full of energy and you will not fall sick easily.

What is a Nutritious Meal?
A Nutritious Meal is a meal that has the FIVE Classes of Food served in the right amounts.

"All the five classes may not be contained in a single meal. However, it is encouraged to take meals that contain these Five Classes in a day".

Let's look at the
THE MAIN CLASSES OF FOOD

The following are the categories of the classes of food we have and they are ;

MAIN FOOD
What are main food?  
Main foods are cheap sources of  Energy- giving foods.
Examples:

1.  Cereals and grains  (wheat, maize, rice, millet, sorghum)
2.    Starchy Roots (Cassava, potatoes)
3.    Starchy fruits (banana, plaintain, breadfruit)

  Note: Main foods are cheap sources of energy. The cereals are also cheap sources of protein, iron and vitamins.

GO FOODS
These types of food are regarded as energy helpers because they help to supply nutrients to the body.
Examples are:

1.    Fats (vegetable oils,butter,ghee,lard)
2.    Foods rich in fats(coconut,olives,fatty meat)
3.    Nuts (groundnuts,almonds,walnuts,cashews)
4.    Oil seeds (pumpkin, melon, sesame, sunflower)
5. Sugars (sugar, honey, molasses, sugar cane, jaggery)

 Note: Nuts and oil seeds are also valuable as body-building helpers because of their high protein content.

GLOW FOODS
These are vitamins and minerals or protective helpers
Examples:

1.   Vegetables (dark green leafy plants tomatoes, carrots pumpkin, sweet potato, turnips kale, leeks, and peppers)
2.  Fruits (mangoes, oranges, paayas, and custard apples)

GROW FOODS

These are proteins or body-building helpers.
Examples are:

1.    Legumes (beans,peas, and lentils)
2.    Nuts (groundnuts, walnut, cashews, and almonds)
3.  Oils seeds ( Sesame and sunflower)
4.  Animals products (milk, eggs, cheese, youghut, fish, chicken, meat, small animals such as mice, and insects)

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