Balanced Diet

For adequate maintenance of good health, it is necessary to supply all the nutrients in the proper amounts and proportions in our diet. Experts have suggested the composition of a typical balanced diet for an adult as follows:

cereals	400gm
Pulses and Nuts	85gm
Leafy vegetables	114gm
Ohter vegetables	85gm
Root vegetables	85gm
Fruits	85gm
Milk and milk products	284gm
Flesh foods	127gm
Sugar and jaggery	57gm
Oil and fats	57gm

The approximate nutritive value of this diet is 3,000 calories. It contains about 90gm proteins, 90gm fats, 450gm carbohydrates in ratio 1:1:5 and adequate quantities of vitamins and minerals