Balanced diet in that diet which consisted of various constituents of food in accurate and appropriate in quantity and quality according to the requirement of an individual and helps in growth and development of our body. Importance :
(i) Energy Resource :- It gives sufficient energy to body for various activities.
(ii) For optimum growth & Development :- It helps individual to grow and to achieve the aim of all round development.
(iii) Proper function of Organs :- By help of balanced diet every organ functions well and properly.
(iv) Faster Recovery :- It helps to repair and replace the worn out tissues thus faster recovery.
(v) Strong immune system :- It make better resistance power Chapter - 3 Sports and Nutrition to body to make good immune system.
(vi) Improves fitness level :- It improves over all health states and resulting in fitness of body by preventing diseases.
(vii) Improves Metabolism :- Quality of metabolizing and thus efficient release of energy.
(viii) Prevents Deficiency Diseases :- It gives all necessry nutrients to body so deficiency diseases cannot takes place.
(ix) Maintaining body weight :- It helps individual to maintain proper body weight.
(x) Overall efficiency improves :- It improves all physiological systems of body then more of efficiency level of individual. In this way balanced diet is useful for as.
