Food and Diet
- A Well Balanced Diet
- Balance in Life and Health
- Food and Caloric Table
- Food and Deficiency Diseases
- Fiber Sources and Benefits
- Fiber Quantity and Supplements
- Food for Mood
- Food for Mood Distraction
- Food and Nutrition Facts
- Greens - Power House of Nutrition
- Good Nutrition Woman's Health
- Health Diet After Delivery
- Health Benefits - Royal Jelly
- Health Benefits of Sea Food
- Health Food - Carbohydrate Counting
- Health Food - Vegetable Soups and Salads
- Health Food - Protein Nuts and Natural Chocolates
- Health Food - Risk From Salt
- Health Food -Vitamins and Minerals
- How Food is Related to Health and Fitness
- How Should Our Food Be?
- Learn Your Food Groups
- Vitamin-B Sources and Benefits
Healthy Life Factors
Fitness & Weight Loss
Food and Nutrition
Food and Caloric Table
Every Individual needs an adequate supply of nutritional food for good health.
Lack of essential nutrients in the diet is called malnutrition. It means the persons are generally weak and sick.
Many people in our country and other developing countries suffer from malnutrition because of poverty; malnutrition specially affects the health of children severely. To control malnutrition government has taken several steps like noon meal scheme for school children and functioning ICDS.
A good healthy man like you needs about 3000 - 3500 calories daily
Caloric Chart or Caloric Calculator.
Age Group |
12-15 Year Girls |
12-15 Year Boys |
Carbohydrates |
300 grams to 320 grams |
300 grams to 320 grams |
Proteins |
2.5 g. per Kg of Body Weight |
2.5 g. per Kg of Body Weight |
Fats |
30 to 50 g |
30 to 50 g |
Minerals |
10 to 30 g |
10 to 30 g |
Vitamins |
1 mg. of Vit-A |
1 mg. of Vit-A |
Total Calories |
2200 to 2500 |
2200 to 2500 |
Caloric Chart - Caloric Requirements of adult according to age
Age |
Men |
Women |
20-30 |
3200 |
2300 |
30-40 |
3100 |
2230 |
40-50 |
3000 |
2160 |
50-60 |
2750 |
2000 |
60-70 |
2500 |
1800 |
70- |
2200 |
1500 |