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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
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