The Six Essential Nutrients
A nutrient is a chemical substance that contain in the food we eat daily. Nutrient also produce energy and metabolic in our body to maintain constant internal. Essential nutrients are classes of nutrient come from food. These are 6 essential nutrients in our food is protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, mineral and water.
Protein is the food broken down to amino acid by digestive system. Amino system will help building and repairing muscle, red blood cell, and tissues. They are two main sources of protein. Animal protein is meat, fish, milk, and eggs. Vegetable protein included seed, beans, nuts and soy product.
Carbohydrates can be categorized into two that is simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates is contain of sugar in fruits, vegetables and milk. While complex carbohydrates consists of starch and fiber like wheat, whole grain and oats. Carbohydrates will help us to provide energy, spare protein, maintain digestive health and stimulate growth of bacteria. …show more content…
Fat food includes a mixer of saturated and unsaturated. Saturated is animal based food such meat and milk. Unsaturated foods are vegetables oil. Fat will build energy, vitamin absorption and insulation.
Vitamins are organic compound which are needed in small amount in daily food. Vitamin helps to regulate chemical reaction that form in our body. Vitamins are source of energy that our body produces. They are 13 vitamins such as B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, folic acid, biotin, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin
Protein is the food broken down to amino acid by digestive system. Amino system will help building and repairing muscle, red blood cell, and tissues. They are two main sources of protein. Animal protein is meat, fish, milk, and eggs. Vegetable protein included seed, beans, nuts and soy product.
Carbohydrates can be categorized into two that is simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates is contain of sugar in fruits, vegetables and milk. While complex carbohydrates consists of starch and fiber like wheat, whole grain and oats. Carbohydrates will help us to provide energy, spare protein, maintain digestive health and stimulate growth of bacteria. …show more content…
Fat food includes a mixer of saturated and unsaturated. Saturated is animal based food such meat and milk. Unsaturated foods are vegetables oil. Fat will build energy, vitamin absorption and insulation.
Vitamins are organic compound which are needed in small amount in daily food. Vitamin helps to regulate chemical reaction that form in our body. Vitamins are source of energy that our body produces. They are 13 vitamins such as B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, folic acid, biotin, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin