Eating for Health

As most people equate health with food-and in view of its importance
who can blame them?-that is where we will start.The food we eat should
help us stay healthy by:
1.giving us energy to go about the business of living,helping us to
enjoy our work and leisure activities.
2.building and repairing our bones,blood,muscles and teeth by
providing the basic building materials.
3.Protecting our health and keeping us as free as posible from diseases.
All foods meet these requirements to a greater or lesser
degree.However some foods are better than others for meeting the
specific requirements of energy,building or protection.Thats why we
read and hear so much about balanced diets.Good nutrition includes
adequate and indeed ,optimal amounts of carbohydrates,protein,fats
,vitamim and minerals.