Our Food

Everyone don’t eat same type of food. In some places people eat soups
made from bird’s nest or dishes made from snake meat or frog meat.

Kinds of food depends on:

• The place where we live.
• The kind of plants and animals found near us.
• The climate of the place.
 Sources of Food
Food From Plants
We get fruits, vegetable, cereals, pulses and nuts from plants. Plants also give us spices and herbs to add flavour to our food.
• We eat fruits of many plants.
• We eat different parts of plant as vegetable such as carrot and radish (roots), onion and potato (stem), spinach and mint
(leaves), cauliflower and broccoli (flower).
• We eat grains of many grassy plants such as wheat, rice, maize, jowar, etc.
• We eat seeds of many plants such as peas and beans as pulses.
• We also get sugar, tea and coffee from plants
 Sources of Food
Food From Animals
• Animals like cows, buffaloes and goats in plains, camels in deserts, sheep and yaks in high mountains give us milk.
• Milk is also used in making many products like curd, ghee, cheese, paneer and butter. These are called milk products or
dairy products.
• Animals also give us meat and eggs. We get eggs from hens, ducks and geese.
• We also eat fishes of different kinds: rohu, pomfret, sardines, etc.
• People also eat seafoods like prawns, crabs, lobsters and oysters.
 Vegetarians
People who eat only food from plants are called vegetarians.

Non-Vegetarians
People who also eat meat, fish and eggs are called non-vegetarians.
Importance Of Food
Food gives us energy, helps us grow and protects us from diseases.

Kinds Of Food
1. Energy-giving Foods
2. Body-building Foods
3. Protective Foods
We should eat all these foods in the right amount and drink plenty of water to stay
healthy and strong.
Energy-Giving Food
Certain foods like wheat, rice, sugar, cereals, bread and potatoes
contains carbohydrate that give energy to our body
Body-Building Food
Foods like eggs, milk, meat, soya beans, pulses, fish, cheese and
paneer gives us proteins. They help the body to grow and help to
repair the injured parts of the body.
 Protective Food
Certain food like fruits, vegetables, milk, and nuts give us
minerals and vitamins that help us to stay healthy and protect us
from diseases.
 How We Get Food?
Food We Get from
Plants
• Farmers grow the food that we get from plants. One ripe, they harvest the crops and sell
them in the wholesale market or mandi.
• The shopkeeper and vendors buy them from the mandi. We buy these food from their shops
or directly from the vendors.
• Sometimes people may also buy things directly from the wholesale market, if need them in
large quantities.
• Some people also grow vegetables and herbs in their kitchen garden.
 How We Get Food?
Food We Get from
Animals
• Animals that gives us food are usually kept in farms.
• Cows and buffaloes are kept in dairy farms, while hens and ducks are kept in
poultry farms.
• We get milk from dairy farmers directly or from milk booths and shops that
buy milk from dairy farms. We get eggs in the same way.
• Some milk products like butter, ice cream and cheese are processes and
packed. We buy these nicely packed things from shops.
 Food For Animals
We give
• Meat, milk, eggs and biscuits to dogs.
• Meat and fish to cats.
• Grass and straw to cows and buffaloes.
• Some animals and insects that live in and around us quietly enter our house and eat food
when we are not there.
• Rats and mice keep visiting our kitchens and nibble on food lying there.
• If sweet is left open or a sweet drink is spilt over, ants and flies comes to eat.

We should never eat food that an animal has tasted or touched. This can cause diseases
 True and False
1. Only cows and buffaloes give us milk to drink.
2. Plants give us fruits, vegetables, cereals, pulses and nuts.
3. We eat food only for energy and growth.
4. Everyone eats the same kind of food.
5. People who eat meat are called vegetarians.
Answers Of True
and False
1.False
2.True
3.False
4.False
5.False
Match The Following
1.Wheat a. Animal Product
2.Fruits b. Milk Product
3.Peas c. Cereal
4.Paneer d. Protective Food
5.Eggs e. Seeds
Answers Of Match
The Following
1.Wheat a. Animal Product
2.Fruits b. Milk Product
3.Peas c. Cereal
4.Paneer d. Protective Food
5.Eggs e. Seeds
Question and Answer