Learn about the six major classes of nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals & water) and their functions in our body. Understand the difference between essential and non-essential nutrients, energy-yielding and non-energy yielding nutrients, organic and inorganic nutrients, macro and micronutrients, building elements of nutrients, and calculate potential energy in food.
Video Summary
The whole science of nutrition is based on the six major classes of nutrients as carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, and minerals. So we must understand, what are nutrients and why do we need them.
We must understand the difference between essential and non-essential nutrients because there are many nutrients that our body can make, and many others that our body can not make, or can not make in sufficient amounts.
The nutrient composition of food and body is almost the same because our tissues and cells are made of the food we eat. To understand it better we shall analyze the composition of both.
We have energy-yielding nutrients that provide us energy for every activity. What nutrients are that and how much energy they provide us per one gram.
Learn to calculate how much energy or calories a food has.
Nutrients are categorized into organic and inorganic. What is the difference between organic and inorganic nutrients?
In last, we shall take an overview of every nutrient, how that nutrient is made of, what are its functions in the body, natural sources, molecule structures, etc.
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Vikas Dhavaria
