Local diet are influenced by custom, the price and the ease of preparation .Nutritional surveys are carried out from time to time by teams of specialists to find out the deficiencies in local diet .
Today,I will be giving us most local foodstuffs and their value.
MEAT
Different races eat different meats. All are good sources of animal protein and fat .Liver is the most valuable source of protein and usually the most expensive
FISH
This is usually a cheaper form of animal proteins in tropical area. It is important, as most fish oil are a good source of vitamin A. Fish should be eaten fresh if possible when it is store, it deteriorates and loses its protective values
EGGS
As the egg supplies all the necessary foodstuffs to the embryo chicken. It contains practically all the requirements for a balanced diet. Is contains most of the essential mineral salts, is rich in iron.
MILK
Every requirements of a balanced diet, experience expect that of vitamin D and iron is found in milk. Egg and milk therefore supply every requirements. Various types of preserved milk are now used in tropical such as condensed milk, powdered milk, evaporated milk
This is just for us know how important local diets are because variety in diet ensues a better balance of the different kind of food, stimulates appetite and make the digestive juices function better
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