Food and Nutrition ESSAYS

We have learnt what food is, why we eat it and how important it is for our health and well-being. We have also read that food provides us with the essential nutrients required by our body. Most of the foods like cereals, pulses, vegetables, meat, etc., have to be cooked before eating. Cooking makes them tasty, colourful, attractive and easily digestible. However, if proper care is not taken during cooking, certain nutrients may be destroyed even though food may be tasty, colourful and attractive to eat. It is, therefore, important to take care that the nutrients do not get destroyed while cooking the food. Only then would they be of nutritional benefit to us. We are going to see what are the methods of preparing, cooking and combining foods so that they are nutritious and attractive, as well as tasty.  Most foods require some kind of preparation and cooking before they are consumed. This is because: i) Most foods cannot be eaten as such in a raw state, and require to be washed, pre...