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Vegetables

Potato Cabbage Spinach Meat

Beverages

Tea Coffee Honey

Kinds of Food

There are three main kinds of food.

1. Energy-giving food 2. Body-building food

3. Protective food

Energy-giving food : Carbohydrates and fats give us energy to work and play.

These are called energy-giving food. Potatoes, butter, rice, wheat and sugar are

all energy-giving food.

rice, potato, butter and sweets give us
energy.

Body-building food : They help our body to grow. They build our muscles and

bones. Some such foods are pulses (dal), meat, eggs and fish. Milk, cheese, curd

and paneer are also body-building foods.

milk, eggs, pulses, meat, build our body.

Protective food : Fruits and vegetables protect us from diseases. They help us

grow strong and healthy. Vegetables can be leafy vegetables like spinach,
lettuce, cabbage and non-leafy vegetables like carrot, potato and radish.

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