Food

Food for life is a concept well known to everyone. Nutrition is the process of absorption and assimilation by the body of nutrients in the form of substances necessary for growth, development and maintenance of life. There are two definitions of the word “food” with completely different semantic connotations - “pseudo-determinatives”. One of them talks about nutrition. It is an excellent example of a phenomenon called genus-species (Latin genus-species) division of words. In our case, when we say “food”, we mean a piece of food eaten by a person, be it fish, meat or fruit. This concept is easily formed from an adjective denoting a general concept for everything that is used as food. Everything that is edible can be called food: fruits, plants, roots, grains, mushrooms, berries, fruits, etc. These ingredients can be used to make a wide variety of products. At the same time, the taste of a dish, as a rule, depends precisely on the initial component used in preparation: fruits give the dish sweetness, and root vegetables make it salty, etc.

As for the definition of “nutrition” in terms of food, it comes from the Latin alimentum, which is a noun and means “eating” or “eating.” Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary considers that the word "nutrition", derived from "to eat", spread throughout the world in the eighteenth century. The term itself has been known as a human food product in its literal meaning since the seventeenth century in Europe, Western and Central Asia. It was then that research began, which involved determining the protein content in food products based on the value of this value. Thus, initially the concept of “nutrition” meant food intake itself. However, they have subsequently undergone significant changes, and now their meaning is a set of rules about what should be eaten to maintain a healthy body.

It is worth noting that food consists of the following components: proteins, fats, carbohydrates and vitamins. Proteins are the most important components of the body of any animal. They are the building material for its organs and tissues. At the moment, science knows six types of these macronutrients. They are also divided into complete and inferior. Complete proteins contain all the amino acids essential for the human body. We can get these from meat, fish products, eggs, dairy products, legumes and cereals. As for incomplete proteins, these include those that contain one or more amino acids that are vital for the body. These include soy, oat, and corn proteins. Another component of food is carbohydrates