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The different food groups; Food provides the nutrients essential for life and growth. These food help to enhance your body, the different food groups provide wide range nutrients to help the body function. The name of different foods: vegetables, fruits, starch foods, protein and fats adequate amounts to meet nutrient needs. It’s very important to eat food from the different food groups in order to prevent deficiencies and decrease the risk of chronic disease.

These groups are:

Staple Foods

Cereal grains ,such as rice, cornmeal ,wheat flour, oats, cereals , plants of the grass family. Starchy fruits ,roots and tubers, such as yam,sweet potato, cassava ,breadfruit,green banana and dasheen. The starchy fruits ,roots and tubers are rich in energy but low in protein.

Legumes

Red peas, gungo and black eyed peas,cow peas, broad beans and peanuts,these are best concentrated sources of protein among the food from plant sources. Peas and beans should be included in diet.

Dark-green leafy and yellow vegetables

Cabbage ,Dasheen leaves,carrot ,spinach ,lettuces,turnip.green and callaloo they contain a substance that can be converted in the body to vitamin A. The dark green vegetable also contain iron, which is an important mineral iron ,Which is an important minerals and proteins.

Food from animals source

Fish ,meat,milk,egg and cheese these foods are very important to the body its very high in protein.

Fruits

Mango ,cherry ,orange ,banana and soursop these food are very rich in vitamins C, best when eaten raw.

Fats

Oil ,margarine ,shortening ,butter these are highly concentrated sources of energy.