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proteins,lipids,carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoYou can get all of your nutrients from food. Food is our nutrient source.
The only exception is that Vitamin D can be obtained partially from sunlight. That's it. All nutrients otherwise must be obtained from food.
Our body needs nutrients to function properly and a lack of certain nutrients is called a deficit, which can cause bad side-effects and diseases.
The three main nutrient groups are protein, carbohydrate and fat. They are all essential to the body's everyday functioning.
In your main meal you should have a protein source [eg meat, fish, egg], a starch-based food[eg bread, rice, pasta, potato], and a vegetable[to give other essential nutrients such as vitamin c, iron].
I hope that this helps to simply give you the guidelines on what nutrients are?
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