A BALANCED DIET!!!

A balanced diet is a meal containing all the foods necessary for the body’s growth. Such a meal should contain proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins among others. Balanced meals contain maybe matooke for carbohydrates, beans for proteins, greens for vitamins among other foods you can use as subsitutes.

A balanced diet in children helps them grow very well because if they do not have enough of some foods they may get diseases like kwashiorkor caused by lack of proteins. In adults lack of some nutrients like calcium from milk or eggs can cause one to have weak bones as calcium strengthens the bones. One has to make sure that they get other necessary requirements like like vitamin D, E, omega oils from fish.

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Such nutrients may not be stressed but they are really important as vitamin D is good for both the eyes and bones and also for the whole body generally. Vitamin A from carrots is also really good for the eyes and the omega fats from fish are really good for the brain. Fruits are also really necessary because they enable one to have a healthy immune system.

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Fruits rich in vitamin c like oranges, tangerines, lemons etc strengthen our immunity against diseases like flu and colds. Fruits like watermelon hydrate the body and bananas are rich in potassium. Therefore if one can afford to have a balanced, one should put in the effort to ensure that their nutritional needs are catered for.

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There are moments where one may need a particular food nutrient more like athletes may need more carbohydrates like posho, pregnant ladies need more of folic acid etc, ladies in that time of the month may need to take more iron to cater for blood loss. Fluids are also important like water to always keep the body hydrated.

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