Food types based on way of eating!

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Foods provide us with nutrition and are fuels for our daily activities and movements. This includes thinking and such mental activities as well.  Foods have varying amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and trace metals. These are basic components of food and should be in right proportions in daily diet for health and prevention of diseases. Diseases result from shortage of food, excess of food, as well as deficiency and excess of any of the above components of food.  Also, read Ways of eating idlis  Humans learned to cook food after fire was made using stones. They also use sun for drying and fermenting of foods. Some vegetables and fruits are eaten raw such as in form of salads. Spices were discovered and cultivated and humans started using them in their foods to enhance flavour, taste, and aroma of foods.  Foods are cereals, pulses, vegetables, oils and fats, fruits, nuts etc. These can be made into different dishes by combining or alone. M...
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Types of breads available in the world based on ingredients

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Bread is made of wheat. There are different types of reads available in the market. The goodness of these varies. Let us have a look at the types of breads available in the world markets. These types are based on the ingredients used in making bread 

1. Regular white bread-This is made of refined wheat flour. The flour is made of wheat that is stripped of its nutrients and fiber. Some of these breads are fortified with vitamins A and D in line with national food product fortification programs. 

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2. Whole wheat bread-In this, the flour used is made from whole wheat. The bran, germ, and endosperm all three parts of the whole wheat grain are present in the flour used to make this type of bread. Hence it is healthy and nutritious. Its fiber content is more and so are the vitamins and minerals. It is wholesome. 

3. Brown bread- Brown bread is a general term used for brown colored bread. But if need not necessarily be made of whole wheat though people think that the terms brown and whole wheat are interchangeable. But this is not true. Often, one sees that brown bread is made of refined wheat flour and has added caramel in it to give it the brown color. Thus it is not nutritious. In fact, its taste also might not be good due to the bitter caramel. 

Brown bread. It might contain caramel, coffee, or molasses (Source: Wikipedia) 

4. White whole wheat bread-the normal whole wheat bread is darker in color with a coarse texture and a slightly bitter taste. It is made of red wheat. But white whole wheat bread is made of white wheat. Hence it is whiter in color. But its nutrition is preserved. Also it has a softer texture and tastes sweeter than the regular whole wheat bread. 

White whole wheat bread (Source: Super healthy kids) 

Besides this there is the multigrain bread, sweet bread, milk rye, and fruity bread (with tutti - frutti). 

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