Suppose you are a mess in-charge of a girl’s hostel. Your duty is to provide wholesome and nutritious meal to the hostel inmates. Plan a cyclic menu for seven days for the hostel. Prepare a market list of the items along with the frequency and method of their purchase.

What arc the focal points that you keep in mind while planning the menu and purchase of

the raw food items?

During pregnancy the hacmoglobin level increases

As fiber doesn’t provide any nutrition to the body, it must be avoided in the diet.

Give the classification of food based on perishability with suitable examples.

a. The storage form of carbohydrate in plants is..................

h. The chewed food mixed with saliva passes into stomach through a tube like structure

known as....................

c. .................are the building blocks of all proteins.

d. ..,... ......in green leafy vegetables act as inhibitor which bind with calcium

and inhibits its absorption.

e. Vitamin D is also known as................... vitamin.

f. On an average, a well nourished lactating woman secretes abou...............t ml of

milk per day.

g. In children complementary feeding should be started by around.................. months

of age.

h. The process in which milk is heated to a high temperature for a short period of

time to destroy the bacteria is termed as..................

i. Most bacteria, yeasts and moulds grow best between............. tempera

ture.

j. Moon face is the characteristic sign of f............orm of PEM.

Sprouting or germination increases vitamin B and C content of pulses.

Discuss the functions of iron in the body.