Meaning of food and Food menu for families

Today I would be taking us through the journey of food.

If you are looking forward to know more about what is food and how to prepare a standard and heathy food menu, then you are in the right place so sit back, relax and continue reading.

Outlines of the topic:

• What is food 
• Classic of food,functions and sources
• Food menu for low, middle and high income family.
• Benefits of eating good food

What is Food

Food is an edible substance which is eaten to sustain life through growth, building up of tissues, maintenance and repairs of body processes and provision of warmth. next to air we breathe and the water we drink, the next item to human existence is food.

 It therefore follows that no matter how bad the economy is an individual need food to survive.it is not as if food is not available but what is important is how many families have adequate food intake daily?

what is the rational that we are having Nigerian when we cannot afford three square meals a day?

Basically, the Nigerian meal pattern consist of three meals a day (breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).these are formulated from the cultural food items which are mainly carbohydrates.

Food is human survivor, food is life, food for everyone.

Classic of food, functions and sources

The food we eat have faced major classifications, namely:

1. Protein
2. Carbohydrates
3. Vitamins
4. Fats and oils
5. Mineral 
6. Water

 Table for classes of food , functions and the sources.

NB:Please ensure that fruit in season are consumed at least one fruit a day.

Food menu for low, middle and high income family.

To ensure that the family has nutritionally adequate diet,the family should be planned to contain food nutrients from the above listed classes.

basically family meals can be planned down on full time table and substituted with respect to available food, for example, if it cannot be purchased as a result of cost, fish or even crayfish or crab can serves as a good substitute.

Examples of planned menu for different income group.

Table of food menu for low income family:

NB: please ensure that the fruits in season are consumed at least one fruit a day

Table of food menu for middle income family:

Table of food menu for high income family:

Also read kitchen rules you must observe

Kitchen rules you must observe

In conclusion the importance of managing meals for the family is to ensure that family members consume nourishing meal everyday .

However, the implication of this is that each day's meal must contain all the classes of the food nutrients. At least one orange, banana, apples or slices of pawpaw of pineapple will meet up the daily requirement.

Moreover, the vegetables can go directly into our meals during preparation.it is also important to note the so called iced fish supply the same for nutrients as other types of fish and meat do. people should feel free to use them in meeting up the daily requirement of protein supplies especially for young children.

So I have thought you all you need to know about food and a good food menu for your family.

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