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Nutrition and nutrients

Nutrition and nutrients. Nutrition: What you eat! Nutrients: For the human body to function it must have these 7: proteins, carbohydrates, fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, roughage and water. 1. Proteins:. 2. Carbohydrates 3. Fats and oils. Vitamins

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Nutrition and nutrients

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  1. Nutrition and nutrients Nutrition: What you eat! Nutrients: For the human body to function it must have these 7: proteins, carbohydrates, fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, roughage and water. 1. Proteins:

  2. 2. Carbohydrates 3. Fats and oils

  3. Vitamins • Fat-soluble vitamins. They are digested and absorbed with the help of fats in the gut.

  4. Water soluble vitamins - cannot be stored in our bodies and are readily excreted.

  5. 5. Minerals: calcium, fluoride, iodine, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, selenium, sodium and zinc.

  6. 6. Roughage 7. Water

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