Explain the role of each of the key components of a balanced diet. A balanced diet is a diet with all of the key nutrition that is essential to health healthy growth and activity [internet] www.worldnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web[viewed on 07th October 2010] A good health is well being of the body and its functionalities. A healthy balanced diet can be when eating variety of foods to get nutrients needed by the body. Balanced diet contains micro and macro nutrients in the amount that is needed by
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NAME: K Class: Form 2 URANUS CHEMISTRY PROJECT Air pollution Description of air pollution Smog hanging over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution. But there are different kinds of pollution—some visible‚ some invisible—that contribute to global warming. Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered as air pollution. Air pollutant Carbon dioxide dioxide
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Institute‚ New Delhi-110012. Pulses are defined as the dried edible seeds of cultivated legumes. The English word pulse is originated from the Latin word ‘puls’‚ meaning pottage or thick pap. They belong to the family Leguminosae and include peas‚ beans and lentils. The edible pulses constitute a large group of various species that are capable or surviving in very different climatic and soil conditions. Use of pulses as human food have been reported from ancient times and traces have been found
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Objective: To reduce the purchase of potato and green beans‚ so as to meet the conditions of the various constraints to achieve the goal of minimizing the purchase cost. Constraint conditions: Potatoes Green Beans Protein 1.5 g per 100 g → 1.5% 2 g per 100 g → 2% Iron 0.3 mg per 100 g → 0.3% 1.2 mg per 100 g → 1.2% Vitamin C 12 mg per 100 g → 12% 10 mg per 100 g → 10% Q 1) Determine the amount of potatoes and green beans Maria should purchase each week for the casserole to minimize
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EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZER ON OKRO CHAPTER ONE (1) 1.1 INTRODUCTION Okra was domesticated in West and Central Africa (Cobley and Steele‚ 1976) and known as ‘Okro’ in the Anglophone African countries as a fast growing common annual vegetable widely consumed in Africa (Schippers‚ 2000). It is one of the numerous vegetable crops cultivated in Nigeria (Anon‚ 1989) where a total of 1 – 2 million hectares
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to abnormal weather conditions. Crop-combination used in mixed cropping. In India‚ the following combinations of the crops are used by farmers in mixed cropping: i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. Maize+Urad bean Cotton+Mong bean Groundnut+Sunflow er Sorghum+Pegion pea Wheat+Chick pea Barley+Chick pea Wheat+Mustard Criteria for the selection of the crops for mixed cropping. a) The different crops to be grown together are so selected that the products and waste materials from one crop stimulates the
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Paddy‚ maize‚ soyabean‚ groundnut‚ cotton‚ etc.‚ are kharif crops. (ii) Rabi Crops : The crops grown in the winter season are called rabi crops. Their time period is generally from October to March. Examples of rabi crops are wheat‚ gram‚ pea‚ mustard and linseed. Besides these‚ pulses and vegetables are grown during summer at many places. Basic Practices of Crop Production Cultivation of crops involves several activities undertaken by farmers over a period of time. These activities
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Proteins Are the basic materials of every body cell. Body cells are constantly wearing out. As a result‚ they are continuously in need of replacement Of the six nutrients group‚ only proteins can make new cells rebuild tissue. By the age of 4 years‚ body protein content reaches the adult level of about 18% of body weight. An adequate supply of proteins in the daily diet is essential for the maintenance of health. The word protein is a Greek derivation and means “of first importance”. Composition
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Bearded Dragon Nutrition Bearded dragon lizards are omnivorous‚ which means that they eat both animal and plant matter. As a rule of thumb‚ do not feed anything to your lizard that is bigger than the space between their eyes. If you feed them any food items that are bigger than that you could cause impaction or paralysis of the hind legs. When feeding baby and juveniles‚ feed them appropriate sized crickets two to three times daily. Offer them as many as they can eat within a five to ten minute
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Are all teenagers as healthy as the world thinks they are? Nutrition is a big part of our daily living. Children are taught in school how to eat healthy and about the different food groups. This is an important lesson for children to learn. However‚ vegetarian teenagers seem to “fall between the cracks” when nutrition is taught. Even though some vegetarian teens are healthy‚ educating them on nutrition‚ health risks and benefits is very important. Healthy eating is an important part of life.
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