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Some of the causes that make food of low quality are given below:
a. Fried food or food with excessive fats or spices
b. Coloured food or adulterated food

c. Imbalanced diet
d. Food materials prepared from stale or rotten food

Activity: 1
Observe the food materials available in the market locality and identify them as quality
food or food of low quality.

9.3 Harmful Goods and Healthy Lifestyle

We consume different substances from the market. While consuming these substances,
some of such substances may be of low quality, some may be adulterated and some may
be of less weight too. The consumption of low quality and adulterated food doesn’t give
the required nutrients for the body. They may even harm our health. So, we must be very
careful while consuming goods from the market. We will discuss the harmful goods and
healthy living in this topic.

Harmful goods that may be used daily
No one in the world can produce all the required goods himself/herself. We all need to
depend on the market, producers or distributors to get the necessary materials. While
consuming the necessary goods from the market, we may also be consuming goods of
low quality. Some of such goods may be harmful for our health. For example, tobacco,
drugs, alcohol, junk food, etc. are harmful for our health.
These days the people are attracted towards packed and ready-made food. They consume
different types of coloured foods. Especially, the children are attracted towards junk
and coloured foods. But the consumption of such food does not give them the required
nutrients. They may also be affected with different health problems. Some of the causes
of low quality food are given below:

a. Mixing of low quality food with quality food
b. Use of date expired food
c. Decrease in quality of food by mixing low quality substances to reduce its price
d. Frying of food

e. Use of chemical substances in the food and liquor
f. Packing of food in the plastic or tin cans
g. Use of colour in the food materials

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