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Essential nutrient
An essential nutrient is a
nutrient required for normal
body functioning that can
not be synthesized by the
body. Categories of
essential nutrient include
vitamins, dietary minerals,
essential fatty acids and
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Dietary mineral
Dietary minerals are the
chemical elements required
by living organisms.
Appropriate intake levels of
each dietary mineral must be
sustained to maintain
physical health. ... > full story
Micronutrient
Micronutrients are essential
elements needed by life in
small quantities. They
include microminerals and
Vitamins.
Microminerals or trace
elements include at least
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B vitamins
Vitamin B is a complex of
several vitamins. The name
arises because it was once
considered a single vitamin,
much like Vitamin C or
Vitamin D. ... > full story
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Food groups
The food groups are part of a method of classification for the various foods that humans consume in their everyday lives, based on the nutritional properties of these types of foods and their ... > more -
Unsaturated fat
An unsaturated fat is a fat or fatty acid in which there is one or more double bond in the fatty acid chain. A fat molecule is monounsaturated if it contains one double bond, and polyunsaturated if ... > more -
Whole grain
Whole grains are cereal grains which retain the bran and germ as well as the endosperm, in contrast to refined grains which retain only the endosperm. Whole meal products are made from whole grain ... > more -
Nutrition and pregnancy
Nutrition and pregnancy refers to the nutrient intake, and dietary planning that is undertook before, during and after pregnancy. Not only have physical disorders been linked with ill-nutrition ... > more -
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Heavy metals
A heavy metal is any of a number of higher atomic weight elements, which has the properties of a metallic substance at room temperature. Living organisms require trace amounts of some heavy metals, ... > more -
Fatty acid
A fatty acid is a carboxylic acid (or organic acid), often with a long aliphatic tail (long chains), either saturated or unsaturated. Depending on the context, fatty acids may be assumed to have at ... > more
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