FOOD, NUTRITION AND HEALTH
The Staff of Life
From birth to death, food is a dominant factor in our lives.
In a single year, on a three-meal-a-day basis, most of us eat well over 1000
meals. We know that the food we eat is necessary for our very being-we know it
provides the energy for the quite breathing at night and the full activity of
the day. We know too that it builds, maintains, regulates muscles and bones,
nerves and brain, eyes, hair and all our physical being.
But food does much more than nourish, for most of us
enjoy eating. Food makes us fell secure and happy; we use food as a link in our
friendships, as an expression of pleasure during our holidays, and as a symbol
of our religious life.
Food is the world’s biggest business. A large part of
the world’s work is concerned with the growing, processing, and preparation of
food. In the United States one farm worker produces enough food for 25 persons,
but think of all the people who work in the factories that process the food, in
the markets that sells the food, or in restaurants, institutions, and homes
that serve the food. We spend an important amount of our income for food. We
have food in abundance an in variety.
Most of the world’s people spend the greater part of
their working days and most of their income for food. In some countries of the
world the fourths or more of the working population is directly concerned with
growing food; yet it seldom manages to grow quite enough. Tonight millions of
the world’s people will go to bed more or less hungry. Is it any surprise that
these people are discontented, diseased, and die an early death?
From this brief introduction you can see that
good nutrition depends upon the understanding, knowledge and cooperation of
many people. Good nutrition alone cannot guarantee good health, but without
good nutrition health cannot be at its best.
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