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Food Nutrition: Macro and Micro Nutrients and Their Health Implications By Rabel Catayoc

People's food intake has a different range of nutrients. Some of these nutrients provide the elements what a human body needs. One of those elements is energy that makes the body able to produce outputs. It also provides essential components for growth and maintenance of the body. Macronutrients like fats, carbohydrates and proteins require a person a relatively good amount of intake of these nutrients. These macronutrients provide energy and building blocks responsible for the growth of the body and maintaining it healthy. Vitamins and minerals that belong to micronutrients though require only a minimal intake of the same, but they are classified essential for they play a great role as they are to keep the body healthy. As anticipated in food nutrition, most people are expected to eat foods containing all the nutrients that are essential for a healthy lifestyle. An adequate understanding concerning nutrients and their implications to everyone's health is also necessary ...