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Food Groups: Builders

foods rich in protein

Within the wide range of food with which we have these are classified according to their main function. There are 3 major food groups, the Builders, the Energy and Misc. The success of a good food supply is to combine the three main food groups for each child (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Talk about them and their importance in young children.

They are called builders because they are like bricks that form the body, and these are the foods rich in protein.

PROTEINS
The proteins not only form the muscles, but are the raw material of all the hormones and enzymes in the body, and constitute the internal organs and immune systems, which are in full training during childhood. Forman all other structures such as blood, hair and skin. Allow cells to reproduce and grow. These foods are essential for children because it is the key step in the development and growth.

Foods representatives of this group are: meat (any animal alike, including muscle, liver, kidneys, bofe, etc..), Eggs (the white is composed almost entirely of high quality protein), milk and its derivatives, legumes (beans, lentils, peas, soybeans)

Food of animal origin (meat, eggs, milk) contain complete proteins. The vegetable, however, when combined with each other and combine them with other food groups that we will see later, can achieve complement one another, thereby overcoming its lack of some amino acids (components of proteins) essential.