Yogesh Singh

  BALANCED DIET   When the diet can meet all the needs of an individual and also it provides an extra allowance for minor stresses and strains, the individual is said to be in a state of optimum nutrition. Optimum Nutrition: Optimum Nutrition is also known as adequate nutrition or good nutrition. Good Nutrition: Good Nutrition thus provides all essential nutrients in correct balance which are further utilized to promote the highest level of physical and mental health. Such a state of nutrition can be attained through balanced diets. Balanced Diet: Balanced Diet can be defined as one which contains different types of foods (from all food group) in such quantities and proportions that needs for all the nutrients are adequately met and a small extra allowance is made as a margin of safety. Safety Margin: Safety Margin is taken into account due to individual variations, losses during cooking and processing and also minor illnesses. Thus, a balanced diet along with the inc...

  BASIC ASPECTS: NUTRITION Health: Health signifies the ability to deal with physical, biological, psychological, and social stress. The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed a definition that aimed higher: linking health to well-being, in terms of “physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity”. Being healthy is way more than just being physically fit or absence of diseases. We can recognize diseases only when we feel or see any symptoms. Many of the times we are good to do works and we think that we are fit or healthy but actually, we are not. Nowadays; mental, physical and social illness is on top. With nutrients, our surroundings & environment, physical activities, and self-satisfaction are also contributing to being healthy. Nutrients: Nutrients are compound in foods essential to life and health, providing us with energy, the building blocks for repair and growth and substances necessary to regulate chemical proce...