Healthy food is very important for the people belong to all age groups, especially kids and teens. Teenagers can neither called adults nor children. Therefore, it is very important to take the healthy food during your teenage so that later one can take the responsibility of the life. The parents of these teenagers have to be very careful while selecting the proper diet and food because the nutrition energy requirements of these teenagers are generally different and higher than the others age group people.

Balance diet

The diet of a teenager should be balanced and must contain the proper combination of minerals, vitamin E, B, C, carbohydrate, protein, fiber, fat and a lot of fluid containing food and other liquids.

Protein

Protein is very important for the teenagers for the muscle and bone growth. Protein is the basic source of energy. There are several protein rich foods like milk, yoghurt, soya beans, cheese and low-fat milk. Also dry fruits are rich in protein and calcium and much needed for teen growth. Most importantly if the person is a vegetarian then the above foods are very important as they have no access to protein rich non vegetarian food. The other food which contains protein is chana, karamani, rajma and dal.

Carbohydrate

Carbohydrate is a very important substance for teen growth. Potato and milk are the main source of it, and another source includes maze, roasted grains, rice and wheat.

Fiber rich food

Teenagers need a lot of vitamins and fiber rich foods. The main source of fiber rich food is green vegetables, muffins, buns, wheat, corn, Apple, Orange, Green peas, strawberries and raspberries. Read the rest of this entry »