Question

2. What diet-planning principles a diet planner should be used to select foods, and what should be limited for a healthy eating pattern.

3. Descript the roles of proteins

4.Why do we describe water as the most important nutrient, and the need for water far surpasses the need for any other nutrient.

5. Describe the role of nutrition in protecting people from the spread of infectious diseases and immunity.

Answer 1

5. Development of human immune system begins from the embryonic stage. If during trimester of pregnancy, woman receives enough proteins, vitamins and minerals the embryonic tissue develops very well. The fetus will have normal weight and size. If the immune system does not develop effectively in this period, it cannot defense against pathogens in future. Breast-feeding is the second most important step in developing most strong immune system. A malnourished baby who does not receive enough proteins and vitamins having tendency to develop infectious disease and does not respond well to vaccine. Thus nutrition is necessary in providing high immunity in humans.

If food have microbial contamination, it can cause various diseases like intestinal diseases or food poisoning. Intestinal diseases are mostly observed in hot weather areas, where cholera is most dangerous. Food poisoning is caused due to consuming contaminated food. Therefore nutrition effects the emergence of infection.

The regions, if there is malnutrition of protein, microbial contamination, vitamin A deficiency are the major health problems and can affect the whole community of children, in such poor societies important immune system boosters should be added to their diet