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Food: Where Does It Come From?

This document discusses where food comes from and its sources. It explains that food comes from either plants or animals, with plants and animal food products being the main sources. The document outlines the five main nutrients that comprise our diet - carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. It also provides examples of rice being a source of carbohydrates and discusses the ingredients (rice grains, water, salt) used to make a bowl of rice.

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Food: Where Does It Come From?

This document discusses where food comes from and its sources. It explains that food comes from either plants or animals, with plants and animal food products being the main sources. The document outlines the five main nutrients that comprise our diet - carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals. It also provides examples of rice being a source of carbohydrates and discusses the ingredients (rice grains, water, salt) used to make a bowl of rice.

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Food : Where

does it come
from?
CONTENTS
1 Food Variety

2 Sources of Food

3 Plant and Animal Food Products


What is Food?
Food is a source of nutrients and
energy for our body.

Different foods provide us with


different nutrients.
Nutrients

The substances important for our


body to function properly are called
nutrients.

There are mainly five nutrients


comprising our diet.
Food Variety
Fats
We have a large
variety of food Proteins
options on the
basis of the Vitamins Minerals
nutrients they
contain.

Carbohydrates
I had a bowl of rice for lunch.
So, rice is the food and the
nutrients I got is
carbohydrates. But, what is it
made of called?

Radha
Ingredients
The materials needed to prepare a
dish are called ingredients.

Now, let us answer Radha’s question...


I had a bowl of rice for lunch.
So, rice is the food and the
nutrients I got is
carbohydrates. But, what is it
made of called?

A dish of rice is prepared by boiling


some rice in water and seasoning it
with salt.

So here, raw rice grains, water and salt


are the three ingredients for making
the bowl of rice.
Where did the rice come
from?

Radha
Food Sources
All our food products come either from
plants or animals.

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