A healthy diet includes eating a variety of foods from the basic food groups: protein, such as meat, eggs, and legumes; dairy; fruits and vegetables; grains, such as breads and pasta; and fats and sweets.
Cassava is a shrub of the Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family, which is native to South America. However, it is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. The flour made out of the roots is called tapioca. More..
Food found in the Amazon Rainforest include: breadfruit nuts bananas cacao (chocolate) guava mango berries kola nut snails fish turtle eggs palm weevilâ¦ grubs plantains tapir deer monkey suri palm grubs coffee.