Nutritious and balanced diets important for healthy life.

SARGODHA -- A seminar on 'Importance of Nutrients in Human body' was organised by Institute of Food Science and Nutrition at Sargodha University here on Friday. In the seminar students were given awareness about modern trends in food and nutrition. The seminar was attended by Dr. Basma Elahi from Chester University UK, Director Institute of Food Science and Nutrition Dr Anjum Murtaza, faculty members and students. Addressing the seminar, Dr Basma Elahi said that for a healthy life, it was very important to consume a nutritious and balanced diets, while a large number of people were not aware of the nutrition value of food.

''Educating people about the consumption of nutritious foods and the quantity of food is very important,'' she said. She said that in the field of medicine, malnutrition in the human body was known as disease, while substandard food reduced the immunity to fight against diseases, which did not maintain the balance in normal...

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