Basic Food Groups

Four kinds of foods are considered basic to meet nutritional needs :

1. Milk and milk product
2. Meat or meat equivalents
3. Fruits and vegetables
4. Grain (bread and cereals)

Milk group provides calsium, protein, riboflavin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12.
Meat group provides protein, niacin, thiamin, iron, zinc, vitamin B12
Fruit and vegetables provides vitamin A, vitamin C, folic acid. Because of their high water and high fibre content, most fruit and vagetables are relatively low in calories
Grain provides thiamin, niacin, iron, protein. All grain products are include in this group wether they are made from whole, refined and enriched orfortified grains.

Basic Needs
Food is our basic needs. The basic means, that food is needed for our health. But in a broader sense, foods are eaten for variety purposes. Not only physiological purpose, food choices are influenced by one's tastes, budget and cultural attitudes.
Physiologically, foods eaten are used for energy, building all tissues and obtaining or producing numerous regulatory substances. The nutrient from food divide into six major classes : carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. The general function of these nutrient are : furnish energy (provided by carbohydrates, fats and minerals), build and maintain body tissues (provided by proteins, minerals and water), regulate body processes (provided by proteins, minerals, vitamins and water).

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