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The nutritional value of food that we eat greatly governs our health and therefore most of the activities that we do in our life. Our food is the only source of energy, minerals and vitamin for our body and is responsible for the efficient metabolism of the same.
 In order to get different types of nutrients in the right quantities, we should eat all types of food including fruits such as apricot, banana, apple, orange, mango, pomegranate, grapes, grapefruit, pear, plum, cherry, dates, pineapple, blueberry, kiwi, lemon, strawberry, avocado, watermelon, etc., edible nuts such as almond, walnut, cashew, peanuts, peanut butter, pecans, etc., vegetables such as potato, tomato, mushroom, cucumber, beet, cabbage, radish, carrot, onion, broccoli, spinach, pumpkin, seaweed, chestnut, eggplant, turnip, sweet potato, lettuce, cauliflower, etc., cereals such as corn or maize, wheat, rice, barley, oats, sorghums, millets, rye, etc., animal products such as milk, cheese, butter, chicken, egg, egg whites, meat, beef, pork, fish, honey, shrimp, lobster, octopus, crab, etc., spices such as celery, chilies, turmeric, clove, pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, garlic, etc., oils such as mustard, flax seed, soybean, sunflower seed, coconut, olive, beverages such as wine, coffee, tea, alcohol, vodka, beer, etc.
It has become mandatory in many countries to print the nutritional value of the food item on the label. This gives consumers an idea of what they are eating, which is very necessary due to the increasing intake of fast food items such as pizza, burger, chips, etc., in our diet.
Given below are the nutritional value, nutrition facts and information and health benefits of some food items. Information regarding other types of food will be included soon.
Almond
Apple
Apricot
Avocado
Banana
Barley
Beef
Beer
Beet
Cabbage
Carrot
Cashew
Cherry
Chestnut
Corn
 Egg and Egg Whites
Flaxseed
Grapefruit
Iceberg Lettuce
Kiwi
Lemon
Mango
Orange
Peanut
Peanut Butter
Pear
Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
Pork
Potato
Radish
Rice
Spinach
Strawberry
Sunflower
Tomato
Vodka
Walnut
Watermelon
Wheat
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