Human Digestion Process: How it Transforms Food into Energy & Nutrients

Our human body is gifted with such a wonderful mechanism of the Digestive System. Most of us wonder about the amazing talents of computers and robots. But, once you start to think or study the functioning of your digestive system, you will realize how amazing and fascinating it is. 

Each action and movement of our digestive process is so well programmed and pre-planned through brain signals and muscle movements, that you never experience any stress or problem at all during that process unless something goes wrong.

 

Problems arise only when we are either careless in our food habits or due to the consumption of stale or infected food that damages our digestive system.

Seven Types of Tastes and Their Food Sources

An important factor in food is the taste that it provides to our taste buds. There are different types of tastes that satisfy our cravings for food. We sometimes like to have sweet recipes, sometimes want sour items and at other times salty items, like that. So, in addition to satisfying our hunger instinct, we are enjoying the taste of the food also whenever we consume food. Our taste of homemade recipes and that of eateries and restaurants provide us with varying and different kinds of tastes to satisfy our taste buds and give us a lot of joy in eating the food.

Let us have a look at the various types of tastes and wherefrom we can get those tastes naturally.

Nutrition Meaning and Classification of Food Based on Nutritional Values

Each and every item of food that we consume have some nutritional values. They provide nourishment to the body and help in the growth of the body and also protect us from disease and decay. In this article, we are going to understand What is Nutrition and Nutritional Value. And also a study of the classification of various nutrient elements inherent / involved in our food according to those nutritional values.

3 Types of Food: Plant Food, Animal Food, Sea Food

The food that we consume daily comes from either plants, animals, or from the sea or water bodies. So, all food is broadly classified into 3 main groups based on their source of origin.

1) Plant Food

2) Animal Food

3) Seafood

Food Habits Depend Upon Prevailing Customs, Climate, and Geographical Locations

Normally when you think of food it can refer to any edible substance that you are aware of or regularly accustomed to.

Mostly, our family traditions and habits define our food. If you are a vegetarian, then, by food, you may look for rice or wheat food, vegetables, pulses or lentils, milk, fruits, nuts, water, etc.

If a non-vegetarian, then food will mean to you everything including meat, fish, eggs, besides all the items mentioned above.

Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Food: Definition and Advantages/ Disadvantages

Any foodstuff is either vegetarian or non-vegetarian.

 

In India, it is a mandatory requirement under law for all packaged and processed foods to be classified and marked with green or brown marks.

As per the requirements of the law, all vegetarian food 

is to be marked with a green-color filled circle inside the green square on the packages. Similarly, all non-vegetarian food is to be marked with a brown-color circle inside a brown square.

Types of Food and Seven Methods of Cooking

Do you realize that your daily intake of food comprises of four unique types or categories of food items? You will be surprised to notice that your food consists of a portion of raw food, a portion of cooked food, and other smaller portions of fast food and junk foods.

The daily intake in a period of 24 hours generally comprises a small portion of raw food like salads, fruits, soaked or dry nuts, etc. It further includes a major portion of cooked food like rice or other grains, cereals, and the various cooked recipes. A small portion of the food also consists of fast food like ready-made recipes sold in the restaurants or retail shops in packages. And a bit of junk food also gets consumed in our lives like the salted snacks, fried chips.candies, and even the desserts that are harmful to our body. So all these four components constitute the daily consumption of our food.

All About Food for Human Body

Meaning of Food and its Importance  for Body and Health

Food is anything that is consumed by the living beings for the growth and maintenance of the body.

Food provides all the nutrients and energy that is essential for a body's existence and functioning. Without food, nobody can survive.

Food can be obtained through various resources like plants, animals, birds, insects, creatures, and water inhabitants.