The Importance of Micronutrients in the Diet

Because the human body can not synthesize the necessary amount by itself, we need a small amount or a small amount of nutrients for our diet. These nutrients are regarded as micronutrients. Micronutrients are a combination of water, vitamins and minerals. Vitamin does not provide energy, but is an organic compound that "helps metabolism and helps body tissue growth, development, maintenance" (Byrd-Bredbenner, Moe, Beshgetoor 402).

It is caused by malnutrition of micronutrients that occurs when a person's diet contains insufficient amounts of the main vitamins and minerals. There are many important micronutrients, but some disadvantages, such as vitamin A, zinc, iron, folic acid, etc., are more common than other drawbacks. Zinc deficiency may cause the body to develop too slowly, damage the central nervous system and reduce the ability of the body to resist diarrheal diseases. There are 1.7 billion cases of diarrhea every year worldwide, which is the second most common cause of death among children under 5 years old. Diarrheal disease exacerbates the risk of malnutrition of micronutrients. It is difficult for the body to make full use of existing calories and micronutrients, which leads to high levels of malnutrition.

Diversity is one of the basic elements of a healthy diet. In Kyrgyzstan, WFP is cooperating with the government on the National School Lunch Program to provide more kinds of food. Malnutrition including micronutrient deficiency is an important public health problem of the country, and one of its root causes is dietary diversity is low. In order to improve the food nutrition of the Columbia boarding school school, WFP offers buckwheat, a local nutritious ingredient. It was earlier than Hispanic, but buckwheat almost disappeared from the Columbia table, and in many cases I did not even know. For this reason, WFP has taken Quinoa into school recipes or procurement from processing companies that are affected by armed conflict.