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What is the most vital nutrient group?
Vitamins -- the body cannot synthesize them by itself. They must be obtained from other sources.
A nutrient that cannot be produced by the body in sufficient quantities for health is called?
essential nutrient
Which part of your body, such as the brain, cannot repair itself?
The brain is a part of your body that cannot repair itself.
What makes a nutrient essential?
Essential nutrients cannot be made in the body.
What does essential nutrient mean?
An essential nutrient is a nutrient that the body needs to work properly, and which the body cannot generate on its own. Examples of essential nutrients include vitamins, minerals and some amino acids.
What nutrient is the most important to your body And what are three things that happen when your body doesn't get enough of this nutrient?
Water is the most essential. A human being can fast for a week or two, or more, without any food, but cannot survive without water for more than a few days. If one doesn't get enough water, severe dehydration can result in delirium, coma and, utlimately, death.
Why doesn't the body function properly if it doesn't get enough nutrients?
well if the body does not get enough nutrient then the teeth will began to rot and your body tears down and feels lazy and you will gain weight acessively.
What is the only part of the body that can't repair itself?
TEETH are the only part of the body that can't repair itself
A nutrient needed by the body and that must be supplied by foods is termed a?
Any nutrient that cannot be made by the body and must be supplied by food is called an "essential" nutrient. For example, humans cannot make Omega-3 fatty acids but they are necessary for life, so we call them an essential fatty acid.
Is everything called a vitamin a vitamin?
No, vitamins are by definition an essential nutrient that cannot be made by the body in sufficient quantities. Vitamin D is not really a vitamin. The human body can produce this nutrient and it is actually a hormone, not a vitamin.
Why are proteins so important to normal life functions?
Because every nutrient is important to your body! I f you don't get enough or too much of a certain nutrient you will get sick.
What does nutrient mean?
you need nutrition in your blood like iron and mierals
