All About The Food

All the living creatures living on earth have to consistently struggle to survive.They have to do many activities to survive and live better life. In such case they need some basic without which they cannot survive. They need food, water and habitat. Among these needs we are going to focus on food. Living beings requires constant energy to for performing various activities which can be obtained through food and that's why food is the basic need of human beings.

Food, one of the basic needs of all human beings , gives energy and many nutrients such as proteins , fat, carbohydrate, mineral ,vitamins and many more. Plants are the primary sources of energy for living beings. They absorb energy from the sun and by photosynthesis they produce food. They are called as producers.

Food is obtained from plants, animals and their parts.Some food is obtained neither from plants nor animals, but their origin is fungi like mushroom which is edible fungi.

Importance
Food is very important for organisms to survive. It is main source of energy for human beings as well as for better development of physical and mental health. All human beings get the ability to do work give to consumption of food .

Therefore, we should consume fresh and nutritious food. Food is not just to feel our stomach but it is very useful for various metabolic activities that take place in our body. So it is necessary to choose our food wisely.
Food that we eat is responsible for our health. Not only that but our behaviour is also depended on the type of food that we eat. If we eat fresh food then we will fill active and it will help us to stay happy. But if we eat heavy food like junk food which is not easy to digest and also affects our health, definitely it is going to affect our behaviour resulting in making us lazy and unhealthy.

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Food sources
1) Plants
Plants food sources are most nutritious sources. Various plant and their parts are used as a food search as a fruit, roots ,etc.
Fruits are very nutritious type of plants food. Fresh fruits important for better human health.
Vegetables are also the plant foods
which are consumed in day to day life of human beings. Many vegetables are cultivated for food.

2) Animals
Milk, meat and eggs are animal food that are consumed worldwide. These types of food contains high protein and calorie content. It is consumed worldwide and it is necessary for heavy physical work doing people around the world like players, soldiers.

3)Fungi
Edible fungi like mushrooms are also widely used in many food items. It also contains high fibre and proteins.

Food Production 1.Agricultural
Primary food like crop, fruits and meat are produced by farming. Various crops and fruits are primarily produced by land farming. Meat production is done by cattle farming of various animals. Basically fish farming is done in lake, river or sea.

2.Industrial

A wide range food products are produced in food industry. Basically these industry uses primary food obtained from agriculture to variety of packaged food products.These food products basically contains sweets, snacks, beverages and fruit products,etc. It is prepared on the
commercialbasis.
3.Domestical
Domestically food production is done for individual or for family purpose. It also uses primary food like crops, fruits and meat. But it considered to be more safe as it is prepared directly by the consumer.