DIET & BALANCED DIET

                                   DIET :

Diet can be defined as...

1.  food and drink regularly provided or consumed
2. the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason

The purpose of the diet is to supply nutrients required for optimal health.Diet comprises the foods actually eaten,usually each day.

The diet must be such that it contributes adequate nutrients in the amounts required by an individual.

if a monotonous diet is consumed over a long period.Balanced diet is,therefore,the solution to good health.

                                 BALANCED DIET:

Balanced diet is one that contains all nutrients in correct proportion required by an individual to promote and preserve good health.

• It should help to achieve and maintain good health.Such diet generally leads to good nutritional status of a person.
• Diet must contain food from each group in proper ratio so that mixed diet from a veriety of sources is eaten in moderation.

For an adult person,a balanced diet consists of,

• two or more portions from protein group
• three or more portions from fruits&vegetables groups
• fats should be eaten in moderation
• cereals should be eaten to satisfy appetite
• most of the dietary intakes should be from dietary sources not the pills,which can only deliver the selected nutrients.

Selection of protein should be made from lean meat,fish,saturated fat and cholesterol in their diet.
A person should avoid use of the visible fat,saturated fat and cholesterol.

The above described diet plan is w.r.t sedentary adults.