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What foods supply amino acids?
All unrefined foods supply amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.
What foods have no nutritional value?
Any food that has very little calories. Water is a good example, it has no calories; yet its very valuable to the human body. We are all literally made of water. Sweet N Low is another.
What part of the blood carries minerals vitamins sugar and other foods to the bodys cells?
The plasma carries minerals, vitamins, sugars, and other foods to the body's cells.
What are 6 ways we use minerals?
Five different ways in which minerals are used are1.electronics,2.jewelry,3.coins,4.in construction,5.in foods
Which part of the earth do you get your raw materials?
You get minerals from rocks or your science teacher. You eat minerals in vitamins and healthy foods like lettuce and whole grain bread or pasta and orange juice and fruits please go to www.freewebs.com/mccniu (minerals aren't on it)
What food offers few if any nutrients but does supply calories?
Sugar, which has 16 calories per teaspoon has no vitamins or minerals.
What do you need to survive in the wilderness?
Foods containing protein, carbohydrates, calories, vitamins, and minerals. But you also need to drink enough water to help digest these foods. If you have little or no water eat little until you find a water source. Digestion uses up the body's supply of water.
How much protein is in 10 calories?
It depends on what the calories are from. Some calories are from foods rich in proteins, while other are foods that have little to no protein in them at all.
What types of foods are best source of calories?
Is food that is high in vitamins and minerals and low in fats and sugars
Why do foods with empty calories have little nutritional value?
Because all those empty calories are sugar.
How much energy does vitamin C provide?
Vitamin C is a micronutrient or a small substance our bodies need for survival. This substance is not measured in calories. The macronutrients or large substances our bodies use -- protein, fat and carbohydrates -- are measured in calories.
What are foods that have calories but have no nutrients?
There are very few foods that have no nutrients whatsoever, but still have calories. More foods would fall into the range that they contain calories, but very little nutrients. These are known as "empty calories", meaning that they really do not help for the body. Some examples of these would be fried foods, refined sugars / starches, bleanced flours, and high-fat foods (like butter and lard).
What are calories from foods like sodas and ice cream called?
They are called "empty" calories because they contain little to no nutritional value at all.
Is it difficult to categories as junk or healthy?
Not really, no. Healty foods would be those that contain nutrients (vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids, ect.) and are not high in things like saturated or trans fats. "Junk" foods would be those that are high in calories, sugars, fats, carbs, and have little nutritional value.
Do vitamins and minerals add calories to foods?
No.No. Even if they did, though, I'm guessing any change you would make would be too little too late.
Is it good to stay away from foods that have zero calories?
All foods have calories.
Fried foods and sweets are good sources for what?
Fried foods and sweets are good sources of sugar and fat. These foods have very little nutritional value and not very many vitamins and minerals.
