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What food provides us with:
1. Energy to carry out the vital functions in our bodies.
2. Energy to work
3. Substances needed for growth of new cells and the repair of damaged cells.
4. Substances needed for our bodies to stay healthy and to build up resistance for diseases.
What is diet:
Diet is the food that we eat it is used to describe the quantity and quality of the food that enters our body.
Note: It can be described as healthy and unhealthy, it good to have a healthy diet in order to stay healthy and not catch any diseases.
We can place the different types of food into food groups.
These are:
Staple foods - Cereal grains, rice, corn meal, wheat flour, oats, starchy food, some fruits, root tubers etc.
Peas and beans (legumes) - red beans, pigeon peas, black eye peas etc.
Dark green leafy and yellow vegetables - cabbage, pan choy, lettuce, spinach etc.
Foods from animals - fish, poultry, meat etc.
Citrus (Fruits) - banana, apples, oranges etc.
Fats - Oil, butter, margarine, foods with high proportion of fats.

44%- staples food, starch foods etc.
21%- Legumes and nuts
11%- Dark green leafy and yellow vegetables
11%- Fruits
11%- Food from animals
5%- Fats