A Staple Food-Chemistry and Nutrition

Dr. Rajeev Ramachandra Kolgi

Abstract: The human diet is comprised of diverse components which include both nutrients, supplying the raw materials that drive multiple metabolic processes in every cell of the body, and non-nutrients. The present discussion outlines the chemistry and nutritional quality of foods like rice, other cereals, coarse grains and role of diet in controlling disorders.

Keywords: nutrients, rice, coarse grains