Nabilah Yessoufou

Julia Wylie
Topic: history of a nutrient/ Food
The nutrients are an indispensable element for the survival and evolution of any living being.
These major components are in foods that contribute to good health of the body. Nutrients are
substances needed for growth, metabolism, and for other body functions. It is also a substance
that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life. It is in this light
enroll this subject. What are the different nutrients that made food? What is the role of various
nutrients in the body?
Body:
Nutrient: organic or inorganic substance directly assimilated without suffering degradation of
digestion processes or basic component contained in food or from the surrounding nature.
There are several types of nutrients, divided into two groups namely:
Macronutrients: are nutrients that provide calories or energy. Since macro means large,
macronutrients are nutrients needed in large amounts. The organization draws its energy from
sugars (or carbohydrates), fats (or lipids) and proteins. These three energy nutrients form the
class of macronutrients.
Micronutrients: Nutrients in the body are constituted by all the organic and inorganic chemicals
necessary to the living body for sustaining life. Nutrient assimilation process is nutrition.

Macronutrients

Sugars (carbohydrates); fats (or lipids); the

Micronutrients
The role of different nutrients in the body
Nutrients
Carbohydrates

proteins
Mineral salts and Vitamins

Role
Source of energy to be rapidly

Example
Bread; rice and cereal

mobilized muscular effort and

brain activity. Two types of
carbohydrates: "fast" to sweet
taste which we must not
abuse, and "slow" (starch) to
The fats or lipids

be rehabilitated
Energy reserve for sustained

Cheese; meat

muscle activity and the fight

against the cold; but also
protection and formation of
brain cells. Comprise plural
kinds of fatty acids, for better
balance cardiovascular
The proteins

protection.
Building blocks of muscles,

Egg, milk, yogurt

Sodium

heart, blood, brain, organs;

Determines the distribution of

Salt, baking soda

water in the body and the

blood volume. Must

sometimes be limited, on
prescription, under certain
hypertension, heart or kidney
Water

disease
Cell hydration, nutrient

Water bottle

transportation, and waste

Magnesium

Fibers

disposal.
Regulation of the nervous and

dark leafy greens, nuts, seeds,

muscular balance, heart

fish, beans, whole grains,

rhythm
Anti-constipation: mainly

avocados
Wheat, corn, and rice

from grain products and

vegetables; anti-cholesterol:
Vitamin D

Vitamin A

mainly from fruit

Partly made by the body under

Cod liver oil, Tuna canned,

the effect of sunlight, partially

Sardines

provided by animal products

Preserving sight, growth, and

sweet potatoes, carrots, dark

antioxidant. Is in the form of

leafy greens, winter squashes,

carotene in colorful fruits and

lettuce, dried apricots,

vegetables

cantaloupe, bell peppers, fish,

liver, and tropical fruits.

Vitamin B: B1 and B6

Protection of the nervous

system, B2: growth, B9 and
B12: anti-anemic. All good

Vitamin C

help nutrient absorption

For the growth and repair of

Kiwifruit, broccoli, berries,

tissues in all parts of your

citrus fruits, tomatoes, peas,

body. Vitamin C is needed for

and papayas.

healing wounds, and for

repairing and maintaining
Iron

bones and teeth.

absorption, growth, resistance

Red meat, Pork, Poultry,

Fibers

to infection, antioxidant
Anti-constipation: mainly

Seafood, Beans.
Wheat, corn

from grain products and

vegetables; anti-cholesterol
Calcium

mainly fruits
Component of bone, growth,

milk, yogurt, and cheese

maintenance and strength of

the skeleton. Importance of
contributions from childhood
to ensure bone health for life
(including prevention of
osteoporosis). Plays an
essential role in muscle
contraction, including heart

Our foods are composed of different substances, called nutrients. Each nutrient has a specific
role in the body, and all are essential to a balanced diet. Only their combination can cover the
needs of our body: a true team where each partner is irreplaceable.
According to Contemporary nutrition, we have 10 Nutrient Storage Capabilities.

The human body must maintain reserves of nutrients; otherwise, we would need to eat
continuously.
Storage capacity varies for each different nutrient.
Many vitamins and minerals are stored in the liver, while other nutrient stores are found in other
sites in the body.
When people do not meet certain nutrient needs, these nutrients are obtained by breaking down a
tissue that contains high concentrations of the nutrient.
In cases of long-term deficiency, these nutrient losses weaken and harm these tissues.
Many people believe that if too much of a nutrient is obtainedfor example, from a vitamin or
mineral supplementonly what is needed is stored and the rest is excreted by the body.
Though true for some nutrients, such as vitamin C, the large dosages of other nutrients frequently
found in supplements, such as vitamin A and iron, can cause harmful side effects because they
are not readily excreted.
This is one reason why obtaining your nutrients primarily (or exclusively) from a balanced diet is
the safest means to acquire the building blocks you need to maintain the good health of all organ
systems.
Malnutrition refers to insufficient or excessive intake of nutrients by an organism. Malnutrition is
often associated with insufficient or excess in consumption. Although there are diseases related
to malnutrition, other organizations suffer from excessive nutrition. Malnutrition or
malnourishment is a condition that results from eating a diet in which nutrients are either not
enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems.

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this weight gain isn't dramatic, research shows it tends to stick and accumulate over the years.
With just a few strategies, you can avoid holiday weight gain while still enjoying friends, family
and the holiday feast.
Undernutrition and over nutrition
Malnutrition is caused by eating a diet in which nutrients are not enough or are too much such
that it causes health problems. It is a category of diseases that includes undernutrition and over
nutrition. Over nutrition can result in obesity and being overweight. In some developing
countries, over nutrition in the form of obesity is beginning to present within the same
communities as undernutrition.

However, the term malnutrition is commonly used to refer to undernutrition only. This applies
particularly to the context of development cooperation. Therefore, "malnutrition" in documents
by the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Save the Children or other international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) usually is equated to undernutrition.
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