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| What are the minerals needed by the body to live? |
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Calcium
Iron
potassium
(This are known as Elements) |
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| This is the process in which we take food in and use it |
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| What are the organic molecules needed to support living things? |
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Carbohydrates
Proteins
fats and
Vitamins |
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| The breakdown of big food into smaller food the body and use to feed itself. |
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| This is what the body does after it digest it absorbs the food through the circulatory system, and send the nutrients where it needs to go throught the blood. |
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This is the basic nutrients a person must eat to mantain homostasis.
without proper nutrients (i.e vitamins, carbs, etc... we wouldn't be able to maintain the bodies bones, skin, hair etc.. functions) |
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Lipids are important because we need them to be able to asorb some vitamins that are not water soluable.
(like k,a,d,and e)
This is also the best source of Energy |
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This is known as mon- or disaccrides it also includes polysaccrides
simple sugars can also be used as building blocks for Nucleic Acids.
Complex Carbohydrates like green leafy vegtables can be used as dietary fiber. |
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| This is what takes place in the cell to make whatever nutrients that is needed to feed what body part that needs the protient to grow or repair itself. |
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| Vitamins are co-enzymes they help the enzyme make it's shape if needed for the sustrate to fit. |
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This act as Co-factors to Enzymes the same as vitamins do They help when a enyzme needs help for a substrate
Cofactors are not manufactured by the body so we need to eat these in fruit and vegies. |
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