Food can maintain and save life. It can destroy life as well. Proper food serves as medicine, improper food works as poison. A little care about the quality and quantity of food will keep us healthy and happy. If we go about eating all sorts of things, we shall become sick. We take pride in calling ourselves civilized. Being sensible means to know the difference between good and bad, right and wrong. It will not do to become slaves to our tongue or taste. Even cattle, birds and beasts eat only what is best for their body. We mostly eat processed food and refined sugar. We pay heavily for junk food, for chipese dishes or deep-fried snacks. As a result, we catch diseases. We have drafted away from mother nature. We laugh at the rules of hygiene, healthy diet and the advice of our elders. This has given rise to diabetes. We offer chocolates, cakes and ice-creams too often to our children. We also attend parties or dine-out every day. This way we invite obesity and diabetes.
Answer the following questions briefly:
i) What are the functions of food?
ii) What is meant by ‘improper food’?
iii) What does ‘civilized life’ imply?
iv) Explain: We have drafted away from nature.
v) How does modern lifestyle and food habits affect us?
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Answer:
(i) food has 3 main functions in the body :- growth and development.provision of energy .repair and maintanance of body cells
(ii) a Improper food is the one which does not have all the nutrients and isn't part of balanced diet
(iii) Someone who is cultured and polite — who knows to put his dinner napkin on his lap — is civilized. A civilized person is polite and courteous; he knows how to say “please” and “thank you.” A civilized group of people is characterized by being socially and technologically advanced.
(iv)We have drifted away from mother nature. We laugh at the rules of hygiene, healthy diet and the advice of our elders. This has given rise to diabetes. We offer chocolates, cakes and ice creams too often to our children.
(v)ailments like Obesity, food poisoning, dehydration, cardiac problems diabetes mellitus, and arthritis have seen a profound rise in developing countries and such unhealthy junk food, processed food, high fat calorie consumption are the notable factors to its contribution.
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