Food Chronic and Its Health

Food Chronic

Food is the basic necessity of all living organisms. According to Institution of Food Technology, food is defined as any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. Chronic is defined as a condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Anthony Bourdain has said that “I have long believed that good food, good eating is all about risk. Whether we are talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime ‘associates’ food, for me, has always been an adventure”. So, food is the most important things that we need to survive. Differences in genders, ages and religion influence in the type, source and amount in food consumption. According to research, male consume in great amount of food compared to female. By age comparison, adult needs higher consumption of food compared to infant and children. Plus, in religion wise, Muslims cannot consume pork while Hindus cannot consume beef because it consider as forbidden in respective religions. In daily food consumptions, there are excess and lack of nutrition which their effects seen after a long period while there are contaminated food which their effects seen after short period. Thus, all these factors may lead to food chronic.

The foremost factor that may lead to food chronic is excess of nutrition. Excess of nutrition refers to the condition when the intake of nutrition over the limit. For example, excessive intake of certain vitamins, especially in vitamin A and B, which can causes disease. Vitamin A and B are both fat-soluble and tend to accumulate to toxic levels in the bodily tissues when taken in excessive quantities. However, the major disease caused by the exc...

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...ent. There are seven classes of food in consuming our balanced diet which are carbohydrate, protein, fat, minerals, vitamins, water and fiber. The most important step to take a balanced diet is to educate ourselves about what our body needs and to read nutrition label and also ingredients of all the food we eat. According to Jim Davis, “vegetables are must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread and pumpkin pie”. So, choose food that is nutritious and balanced. Make wise food choices such as add a lot of fruits and vegetables choose food low in fat and cholesterol with less sugar and salt. Thus, there are three factors influence to food chronic which are excessive of nutrition, lack of nutrition and contamination of foods as mentioned above. Hence, as a food consumer, we must be aware of food safety, hygiene and quality of food to enjoy the food for health.