Types of food and drink

Dima Delia Ioana

Patachia Corina Georgiana

• Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals.

• Some cultures and people do not consume meat or animal food products for cultural, dietary, health, ethical, or ideological reasons.

• The Vegetarians have choose to forgo food from animal sources to varying degrees.

• Most food has always been obtained through agriculture. With increasing concern over both the methods and products of modernindustrial agriculture, there has been a growing trend toward sustainable agricultural practices. This approach, partly fueled by consumer demand, encourages biodiversity, local self-reliance and organic farming methods. Major influences on food production include international organizations

Food preparation

• While many foods can be eaten raw, many also undergo some form of preparation for reasons of safety, palatability, texture, or flavor. At the simplest level this may involve washing, cutting, trimming, or adding other foods or ingredients, such as spices. It may also involve mixing, heating or cooling, pressure cooking, fermentation, or combination with other food. In a home, most food preparation takes place in a kitchen. Some preparation is done to enhance the taste or aesthetic appeal; other preparation may help topreserve the food; others may be involved in cultural identity. A meal is made up of food which is prepared to be eaten at a specific time and place

• A drink is a form of liquid which has been prepared for human consumption. This can include a number of different steps, some prior to transport, others immediately prior to consumption.

• An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol, although in chemistry the definition of an alcohol includes many other compounds. Alcoholic beverages, such as wine, beer, and liquor, have been part of human culture and development for 8,000 years.

• Non-alcoholic beverages often signify drinks that would normally contain alcohol, such as beer and wine but are made with less than .5 percent alcohol by volume. The category includes drinks that have undergone an alcohol removal process such as non-alcoholic beers and de-alcoholized wines.

• When the human body becomes dehydrated it experiences the sensation of thirst. This craving of fluids results an instinctive need to drink. Thirst is regulated by thehypothalamus in response to subtle changes in the body's electrolyte levels, and also as a result of changes in the volume of blood circulating. The complete elimination of beverages, i.e. water, from the body will result in death faster than the removal of any other substance. Water and milk have been basic drinks throughout history. As water is essential for life, it has also been the carrier of many diseases

Non-alcoholic drinks

• Water is the world’s most consumed drink.• Milk is the primary source of nutrition for

babies. • Tea, the second most consumed drink in the

world.

Bibliografie

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink