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@ -9,12 +9,23 @@ There are 6 nutrients:
- Proteins
- Water
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A macronutrient is a nutrient the body requires in large quantities, whereas a micronutrient is a nutrient the body requires in small quantities.
| Macronutrients | Micronutrients |
| -------------- | -------------- |
| Carbs | Vitamins |
| Lipids | Minerals |
| Proteins | |
Nutrients are used for:
- Growth and development
- Energy
- Regulation of processes
# Definitions
| Term | Definition |
| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Nutrients | The life sustaining substances found in food. Necessary for growth, maintenance, and repair. |
| Nutrition | The study of how nutrients affect our body. |
| Diet | The usual pattern of food choices |
| Diet | A person's usual pattern of food choices. Everyone has a diet, and you don't begin and end diets, you just make changes to your existing diet. |
| Lipid | Fat |
| Organic | An organic substance contains *carbon*, and can be degraded. |
| Essential nutrient | A nutrient is considered *essential* if it *must* be supplied by food, because the body cannot create it in sufficient quantities. If an essential nutrient is missin |