Question

What do we get from cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables?

Answer 1

Hint: Cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables, all are important components of our daily food requirement so as to get necessary nutrition. Cereals provide carbohydrates. Pulses provide protein. Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins and minerals.

Complete answer:
> Cereals- Cereals crops include wheat, rice ,corn, maize ,barley & millets, etc. Usually, cereals are composed of 60 to 75% of carbohydrates, 7 to 12% of protein with very less amount of fat. So, cereals provide us with a sufficient amount of carbohydrates for energy requirement.

> Pulses- Pulse crops include chicken peas or Gram i.e chana, black gram or urad dal and green gram or moong dal, Soyabean, lentils, etc. Pulses have higher protein content then cereals that are about 20 to 40 % of Protein and about 60–75% of carbohydrates, small fat content.

> Fruits- Fruits like, apple, chikoo, pear, mango, etc. are mainly composed of carbohydrates whereas avocados and similar fruits have higher quantities of fat. Fruits along with carbohydrates, proteins and fats also provide large amounts of essential vitamins, minerals. Some fruits also give roughage, which is also important part of daily food requirement.

> Vegetables- vegetables include okra, potato, tomato, cauliflower, and leafy vegetables like spinach, etc. Vegetables are rich in carbohydrates and most of these carbohydrates are healthy fibrous carbohydrates. Some vegetables are moderately higher in protein like cauliflower, broccoli, etc. but are not a good source of protein. Vegetables also provide large amount of essential vitamins, minerals, eg. Carrot provides vitamin A, spinach is rich in iron content, etc. Vegetables provide a high amount of roughage that is an essential part of daily food requirements.

Note: Only cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables do not make a balanced diet. A balanced diet is composed of Milk and dairy products, meat, chicken, fishes, eggs, sweet food items, nuts, oil seeds, dry fruits, etc. along with cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables.