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Avoid over eating. Avoid eating Always eat slowly and

preserved food and try chew well your food
to eat fresh food only. before swallowing.

COOKING FOOD
10 Some foodstuff can be eaten raw while some

others need to be cooked. Cooking kills germs. It

also makes the food soft, tasty and easier to digest.
While cooking the food, we must keep in mind the
Wash your mouth
after eating. following things :
± Wash all raw foodstuff well before cooking so
as to free them from dust and germs.

± Do not throw away the water in which pulses
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or grams are soaked as it contains vitamins.
Use this water while cooking.

± Wash fruits and vegetables before they are

Brush your teeth choaped. They lose their nutrients if washed
before sleeping. after Choaping.

± For boiling, take just enough water so that the water which has absorbed

nutrients from the food is not thrown away.

± Do not overcook or reheat food. It destroys all the nutrients.

± Food can be cooked in different ways :

steaming-idlis ; frying-puris ; roasting-meat ; boiling-eggs and baking-
cakes.