day menu for an adult (sedentary work) •Energy – kcal •Protein – gm (60kg wt.) Meal Food Quantity Early Morning Milk or tea with sugar cup Breakfast Bread with egg or paratha with curd, coffee egg, bread, paratha, Mid-day Lunch Evening Tea Night Dinner Bed time Fruit chat or fruit juice or Tea with biscuits Vegetables, Chapati, Rice, Curd, Salad Tea with snacks Dal/ rajama, Vegetables, Chapati Kheer/fruit cup, - cup, , plate, cup mixed cup cup cup , cup /fruit If you are modifying the same meal for different family members, then how will you decide on how much of one item is equivalent to another one? If you are not sure about how to go about exchanging one food item with another in the correct proportion, then you may not be able to fulfill everyone’s requirements correctly. For example, if you are exchanging milk with egg then you should know how much of milk is equivalent to one egg or if one does not want to eat an egg, in that case, how much of pulses should be given instead? Food exchanges help you to modify the diet for an individual according to needs, likes, dislikes and food habits and help you to make the diet more flexible and interesting.
The following illustration gives you a fair idea about the exchanges that can be done among various foods so that the nutrients derived by these foods remain the same. Unit RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE AND MEAL - - RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES AND MEAL PLANNING Your brother does not like milk but your sister is very fond of it. How will you solve this problem? Activity : Select nutritious snacks from the following food items.
(i) Aval Uppuma (ii) FrenchFries (iii) Kozhukkatai (iv) Vegetable cutlets (v) Pizza (vi) Puffs (vii) Peanut balls Activity : . Low-Cost Balanced Dietts The income of the family or more specifically, the amount of money available for food per person influence the