BPK 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Unsaturated Fat, Beta-Carotene, Polysaccharide
1 Feb 2013
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Essential nutrients nutrients your body cannot manufacture for itself. Macronutrients nutrients required by the body in the greatest amounts. Need depends on how much energy you expend. Micronutrients body only needs small amounts of these nutrients. Carries nutrients and removes waste; dissolves amino acids, glucose, and minerals; regulates body temperature. Help build new tissue to keep hair, skin, eyesight healthy; build antibodies, enzymes, hormones; provide fuel for the body. Facilitate the use of other nutrients; involved in regulating growth; maintaining tissue, and manufacturing blood cells, hormones, etc. Help build bones and teeth; aid in muscle function and nervous system activity; assist in various body functions, including growth and energy production. Meat, poultry, fish, egg, beans, nuts, cheese tofu, vegetables, pasta, breads, cereal, and rice. Grains, cereal, pasta, fruits, vegetables, milk, and sugars. Some fish, avocados, olive, canola, peanut oils, stick margarine, baked goods. Fruits, vegetables, grains, some meat and dairy products.
