Essential Nutrients

Essential Nutrients
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Essential Nutrients Nutrition and Diet Therapy (Lecture
Essential nutrients- required for normal growth but not synthesized in the
body and therefore necessary in the diet

Carbohydrates
Fats
Protein
Vitamins

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Minerals
Water- 6 Essential Nutrients

A. According to their function in the body

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B. According to its chemical properties
C. According to its mass- Three classification of nutrients

Carbohydrates

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Fats
Protein- Energy giving nutrients

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Proteins and Fat - These nutrients make up the 20% or 1/5 of the body,
making a sum of 40% of the total body weight.

Carbohydrates- ✅________ make up about 1% of the total body weight
4%-✅Minerals make up the ___ of the body weight.
28-✅Vitamins make up about __ grams of the body weight.

60%-✅Water makes up approximately ____ of the body weight.

Organic-✅nutrients that contain the element of carbon (C)

, Inorganic-✅nutrients that do not contain carbon element
Carbohydrates
Fats

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Protein
Vitamins- Organic nutrients

Water and minerals-✅Inorganic nutrients
Vitamins and minerals-✅Micronutrients

mass-✅the quantity necessary for cells and organisms to thrive

Macronutrients-✅are required in large quantities; involved as substrates in
metabolic processes for energy

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Micronutrients- are needed in small quantities; involved in regulating
metabolism and energy processes, but not as substrates.

Water-✅Required in large quantities but not a substrate for energy
Carbohydrates
Fats

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Protein
Water- Macronutrients

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Carbohydrates- The main source of energy and composed of carbon,
hydrogen, and oxygen
(CHO)

Providing energy
Protein-sparing action

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Normal fat metabolism (antiketogenic)
Providing fiber- The functions of carbohydrates or PPAP