OUR FOOD Food is our basic need Food

OUR FOOD Food is our basic need. Food makes us healthy and strong. We eat food to live.

TYPES OF FOOD Our food is divided in three groups: 1. Energy giving food 2. Boody building food 3. Protective food

Energy giving food • Energy giving food gives us energy and strength. Cereals, rice, sugar and sweets and butter and potatoes give us energy and strength.

Energy giving food • Cereals and rice • Sugar and sweets • Potatoes and butter

Body building food • Body building food builds up our body. Pulses, peas, milk, eggs, fish and meat build our body.

Body building food • Fish and meat • Pulses and peas • Eggs • Milk

Protective food protects our body against diseases. Fresh fruits and green vegetables protect our body. They do not let us fall ill.

Protective food • Vegetables • Fruits

Water • We must drink plenty of water. 1 -It helps us to digest food. 2 -It helps in blood circulation. 3 -It throws out our body waste.

Food and water are useful to our body. so we should eat fresh food and drink pure water.

• Vegetarians People who eat cereals, pulses, vegetables, fruits and milk are called vegetarians.

• Non-vegetarians: People who also eat eggs, meat and fish etc. are called non-vegetarians.

• We should wash the fruits well before eating them. • We should wash the vegetables before eating raw. • We should wash our hands before taking food. • We must chew our food well. • We must keep our food covered.

We should enjoy our food. You can see people enjoying their food.