According to a report by the National Institute of Family Welfare and Health, 39 percent of people in India are severely malnourished. 28 percent of people in Tamil Nadu are undernourished. 27 percent of children in India are born with low birth weight.
Only 10 percent of children between the ages of 6 months and two years have access to nutritious food. Children who grow up without nutrition at a young age are affected by physical and brain development deficiency. These children lag behind in all activities starting with education and later on.
Food for pregnant women
Pregnant women can have and raise a healthy baby only if they eat proper nutritious food while the baby is growing in the womb and after birth. They should make sure to include fish, pulses, almonds, castor nuts, drumsticks, dates, white sugar, country sugar, small grains and bananas in their daily diet.
Too much is too little
It has become a common practice today that poor people suffer from undernutrition and over-nutrition affects well-off people. Malnourished children, anemia, frequent colds. They are easily affected by flu etc. unnecessarily. Children who eat excessive amounts of nutritious food face problems like childhood obesity, childhood diabetes and easy flowering. Both of these issues need to be addressed.
Women are more affected
Women are the most affected by malnutrition. Poverty, poverty, early marriage, lack of education, lack of hygiene, lack of proper awareness of what nutrients are required for one’s health can go on and on. Due to the growing fast food craze, this nutritional deficiency is prevalent even among the conscious population. A statistic suggests that 60 percent of teenage girls suffer from anemia.
Nutritious food
Today, as physical activity has decreased, you can reduce starchy rice and wheat and eat protein-rich foods. Instead of rice, you can eat food cooked in small grains such as millet rice, varaku rice, samai, horsetail, panivaraku, bamboo rice, which are high in fiber and micronutrients. If you eat rye, sorghum, sorghum, sorghum after sprouting, vitamin C increases and preserves youth. Banana stem, banana flower, spinach, banana and fruits reduce cholesterol and protect us from cancer and heart disease.
What is the right food?
The best food for us is a food that has a balanced ratio of carbohydrates called starch, protein called protein, and fat. Apart from these, micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals are required by the body in small amounts.
No junk food
They flock to the shops for the red color that makes the chicken crunchy and slow. Eating these types of fried chicken can lead to heart disease in no time. Eating pizza, burgers, chips, biscuits, cakes, bakery products is also bad. This ice cream belongs to the harmful crowd.
The site of the disease
Roadside open-air restaurants and fast-food carts have proliferated. The dyes mixed with these foods are all chemicals. Made up of base materials like petroleum, targesolin etc. These can affect the kidneys.
Welcome to Cancer. Monosodium glutamate, soda salt, etc., used in these fast foods can gift blood pressure at a young age. It is best to avoid the flavorings, fragrances and colorings used here, realizing that they are harmful to our health.
The root of health
Nutrition is not just for children; Essential for adults too. It cannot be said with certainty that our body will absorb all the nutrients in the nutrient tablets given by the doctors. Our body can fully absorb nutrients from food. The foods we eat every day, green vegetables, fruits, whole grains, pulses, nuts, etc. are rich in nutrients. The food we eat is the foundation of our health.
Let’s grow health
Instead of making our children to study in big colleges and earn a lot of money; We should try to create healthy people. Only healthy people can achieve everything. With a little effort and enough awareness, we can treat food as medicine, just like our ancestors.