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The food gives us energy to work and play are called energy- giving foods.
For example: wheat, rice, sugar, potato and bread.

Wheat Rice Sugar Potato Bread

The food like fruits, vegetables and nuts help us to fight diseases. These
foods are called protective foods.

Vegetables Fruits Nuts

What are nutrients? What are their types? Why are they necessary for our body?

Balanced Diet

The food we eat on daily basis is

called our regular diet. But it is

not a balanced diet. A balanced

diet is which contains all the

nutrients like fats, proteins,

carbohydrates, minerals and

vitamins. We should eat a

balanced diet. It helps in the

proper growth of our body. We Balanced Diet

should take proper meals at regular intervals of time. We should have

breakfast in the morning, lunch in the afternoon and the dinner at night.

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