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What are the five food groups?
The five food groups form the food pyramid, which is a basic categories that must exist for a healthy and balanced diet. Each food group includes guidance on the amount of food and the type of foods that need to be addressed within each one. The five food groups: cereals, fruits and vegetables, dairy, proteins, fats, oils, and sweets.
Grains:
Grains such as pasta, bread and grains corn on carbohydrates, fiber, minerals and vitamins contain. It is also an important source of energy; Full Grains that have not been processed or refined is the most appropriate choice, because it retains most of the nutritional elements. White bread, flour, rice has been processed and purified so they lost their ingredients food. Although it can compensate for these elements in vitamins, but he would not be equivalent to how much vitamin content in whole grains. The food pyramid is advised to consume 6 to 11, the share of grain a day.
fruits and vegetables :
Provide the necessary fruits, including vitamin "A" and "C" and potassium nutrients, along with it a significant source of fiber. It advises the consumption of 2 to 4 servings of fruit a day. Vegetables provide essential nutrients including vitamin "A" and "C" and folic acid, magnesium and iron, as well as being an important source of fiber and low fat.
The orange, bright red, dark green vegetables are the richest vegetable foodstuffs. So, the food pyramid advised to take from 3 to 5 servings of vegetables a day.
Vegetables contain less sugar on the amount of fruit, so many of them are allowed to eat every day. A good rule is that the food contains a variety of colors, so to get a lot of food from this food group.
Dairy:
Dairy provides calcium, protein and Alraipovlavi and vitamin "A" and "D". This group includes; yogurt, milk and cheese. Try eating dairy products with low-fat because there are some high-fat ratio of products. People who do not consume milk, choose alternatives from soy, rice or almond. It advised to eat 2 to 3 servings per day of dairy products.
Protein:
The meat, poultry, fish, eggs, beans and nuts are good sources of protein and vitamin "B", iron and zinc. Meat consumption should be in moderation in a way because it is high fat. You can choose lean meats, with the removal of skin from poultry to reduce saturated fat. The food pyramid guidelines recommend the consumption of 2 to 3 servings of protein a day.
Fats, oils and sweets:
This collection contains all kinds of sweeteners and cooking oils and other fats. It includes sugar, honey, plant Alojav (cactus) and the types of industrial sugars, and other natural sugars, along with butter and fat, olive oil, canola oil, vegetable and other oils. So it is advisable to consume little of the foods mentioned in this group.
