Essential Nutrients Open Journal:
There are seven major classes of nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, dietary fiber, minerals, proteins, vitamins, and water. These nutrient classes can be categorized as either macronutrients (needed in relatively large amounts) or
micronutrients (needed in smaller quantities). There are three macronutrients: proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Your body also requires
micronutrients in smaller amounts, such as vitamins and minerals. But macronutrients provide your body with calories (energy) and the building blocks of cellular growth, immune function, and overall repair. There are six basic nutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water. All of these are classified as essential. Your body requires essential nutrients to function properly. These nutrients must be obtained from the foods you eat; your body cannot make them on its own. There are 16 essential minerals: calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chloride, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, iodine, and selenium, molybdenum, chromium, and fluoride. Carbohydrates, protein, and fat are macronutrients because they make up most of your diet. Vitamins and minerals are
micronutrients because you need them in much smaller amounts. An essential nutrient is a nutrient required for normal body functioning that can not be synthesized by the body. Categories of essential nutrient include vitamins, dietary minerals, essential fatty acids and essential amino acids.
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