Food: Our Basic Need Test 1

Vitamin D is prepared in our body with the help of sunlight.

Foods that are rich in minerals and vitamins are referred to as protective foods.

Foods such as leafy or yellow vegetables, meat, citrus fruits, egg, milk, which contain sufficient quantities of vitamins, minerals and high-quality proteins that protect against the occurrence of a disease of deficiency.

The stomach wall contains more digestive enzymes which break down proteins and other substances.

Idlies are prepared by steaming method.

Proteins are body building food items. Growing children need more protein containing foods.

In the large intestine, water is absorbed from the undigested food.

Milk should be boiled to kill the germs and should be kept in a refrigerator to prevent it from being spoilt.

Boiling milk is an effective way of dealing with disease-causing organisms.

Although it does not remove all impurities, it does kill most of the dangerous bacteria and other organisms

In the small intestine, the food gets mixed with more digestive juices and digestion is completed here.

Undigested solid food is excreted through the anus.

The passage of undigested food material from the body by way of the anus is called egestion. Egestion is the last step in the process of digestion in humans.