Posts

Showing posts from September, 2024

FOOD WASTE

Image
                                Potato peels  This term may be referred to part of the raw or processed foods that, wasn't consumed Cutaway due to spoilage (e.g of roots and tubers yam, cassava) or peels from banana. Thrown away as food remnant or useless by-product of food like over matured vegetable leaves and branches), rotten fruit, garbage  Pour away: like washing water from dismantled food equipment or water used for fermentation of starch Decomposed food stuff by the action of innate enzymes and micro organisms 

FOOD AND NUTRIENT

  Food is any liquid or solid agricultural product [ raw, processed etc ] of being consumed by living organisms, to sustain or nourish life. Raw food: in natural state or unprocessed e.g fruits, grains, vegetables  Processed food: modified through industrial processes or food processing machine in kitchen, either to fortified and stored as canned food, bottled drink etc    FUNCTION OF NUTRIENT Nutrient helps to keep our body healthy Nutrient also help our body to generate energy Furthermore, to help build and repair body tissues For secretion of fluid in the body To fight infection (nutritional diseases) For other metabolic activities

NUTRITION

Image
Nutrition may be defined as the conjugation of studies about foods (rice, beans, ground nuts, etc) and how they are produced, marketed, processed, and consumed. (That is how our bodies utilize a mixture of nutrient from the food containing; Types of Nutrient Macronutrients Carbohydrates Proteins Fats and Oil Water ( when digested and absorbed) ☺ Micronutrients Vitamins Minerals