Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions
Food can maintain and save life. It can be 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 tastev. 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 Chinese dishes or
deep fried snacks. As a request we catch diseases. 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 the ice cream too often to our children. We also attend parties dine out every day.
This way invite obesity and diabetes.
Answer the following questions (5 x2=10)
Qno1 a. What are the functions of food?
b. What is meant by improper food?
c. What does 'civilized life' imply?
d. Explain we have drifted away ffom nature.
e. How does modern lifestyle and food habits affect us?
Answers
Answer:
1) functions of food are as follows-
food provides us energy, help synonym growth and development and protect us from various diseases.
2) Improper food refers to the junk food like chocolates , chips etc which processed and have refined sugar.
3) civilized life mean to live our life in proper way. Knowing about good and bad etc.
4) we have drafted away from nature as we are not eating the healthy food that the nature is providing but we are eating junk food that is causing diseases to us .
5) modern lifestyle food habits are affecting us in various ways. today we are eating junk food and not caring about our health and hence we are falling ill.
Answer:
Canning is an important, safe method of food preservation if practiced properly. The canning process involves placing foods in jars and heating them to a temperature that destroys microorganisms that could be a health hazard or cause the food to spoil.