Hello all!!! Hope you all doing good and in this blog I'm going to tell you about some facts and data's about Food… here, we go 

Food is a substance, consumed by living organisms. Food from plants and animals origin contains essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals provides growth and development.

Humans are omnivorous, eats both plant based foods and animal based foods 

Some of the plant based foods are : Fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, Nuts and seeds.  

   Animal  based foods are : Includes meat, eggs, fish, dairy products like milk, butter, cheese, panneer, butter, ghee etc..,

Taste : Major tastes can felt by human beings are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, Savory.

Economy of food : production, manufacturing, imports and exports, marketing, prices were increased as a result of increasing population.

But, still some countries facing poverty and reduced amount of food production than the population.

Functions of food : Without food, there is no life. To be healthy and active people should have enough or adequate food. And that food should be safe and have to be nutritious.

• Food provides us energy, and helps in body building and performing protective and regulatory functions of the body. And these are the PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF FOOD.

• Food should be appetizing and fulfilling all emotional needs. this includes sense of care, love and security. food habits will be changing according to people's culture, locality, etc.., And these are the PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF FOOD.

• Happiness is sharing of food with other person which shows symbol of social life. And it denotes the acceptance of friendship, respect and neighbourhood towards the human population. Also social gatherings paves a way to have contact with each other and stay connected with more groups in public. And examples of social gatherings like marriages, birthday parties, team outings, gatherings at worship places, etc.., and these are the SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF FOOD.

Food wastage :

Wasting of food happens every day in day to day life. One part of the world's population not getting enough food to eat and on the other hand people tend to waste food without knowing it's value… these waste can be minimised by cooking according to the needs which means portion size has to be maintained. And can donate the food to the people with hunger or can give to social organisations without wasting it, people can make effective use of it. I conclude this blog by saying that STOP WASTING FOOD !!!!

START UTILISING FOOD!!!!

Donate food and Save life..,