Alimentos e suas composições

Abstract

Food is about the intake of nutrients, but also about the foods that contain and provide the nutrients. It was noted that food patterns have been changing a lot in all countries, and among the main changes is the replacement of in natura or minimally processed foods of vegetable origin (rice, beans, cassava, potatoes, vegetables) and preparations culinary based on these foods for ready-to-eat industrialized products. These transformations, observed with great intensity in Brazil, determine, among other consequences, the imbalance in the supply of nutrients and the excessive intake of calories. Therefore, the frequency of some diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, has been increasing considerably.