Carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins provide energy and are building blocks for muscles, skin, and other tissues. Carbohydrates include starches and sugars found in plants like fruits, vegetables, and grains. Lipids are energy producers found in plant oils and animal products like butter. Proteins are building blocks for the body found in plant sources like legumes and animal sources like meat and eggs. Vitamins regulate body functions, support growth, aid in clotting, and are found in plants and animals, with fat soluble vitamins in foods like vegetables and water soluble vitamins in foods like dairy.
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Nutrients and functions they perform in our organism
Carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins provide energy and are building blocks for muscles, skin, and other tissues. Carbohydrates include starches and sugars found in plants like fruits, vegetables, and grains. Lipids are energy producers found in plant oils and animal products like butter. Proteins are building blocks for the body found in plant sources like legumes and animal sources like meat and eggs. Vitamins regulate body functions, support growth, aid in clotting, and are found in plants and animals, with fat soluble vitamins in foods like vegetables and water soluble vitamins in foods like dairy.
Carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins provide energy and are building blocks for muscles, skin, and other tissues. Carbohydrates include starches and sugars found in plants like fruits, vegetables, and grains. Lipids are energy producers found in plant oils and animal products like butter. Proteins are building blocks for the body found in plant sources like legumes and animal sources like meat and eggs. Vitamins regulate body functions, support growth, aid in clotting, and are found in plants and animals, with fat soluble vitamins in foods like vegetables and water soluble vitamins in foods like dairy.
CARBOHYDRATES ENERGY PRODUCERS PLANTS -Mono and disaccharides: they provide Fruits, vegetables, cereals, potatoes, energy sugar, flour. -Polysaccharides: they are energy reserves LIPIDS PLANTS ENERGY PRODUCERS Oils, nuts, margarine. ANIMALS Butter, bacon PROTEINS BUILDING BLOCKS PLANTS (Muscles, skin, ...) Legumes and cereals. BODY REGULATORS ANIMALS (Defense, oxygen transport, movement, Fish, meat, eggs, dairy products. digestion, ...) VITAMINS BODY REGULATORS PLANTS We cannot synthesize them. Fat soluble vitamins (Growth, clotting, ...) Vegetables, fruits, cereals, nuts. We must obtain them from food. (A, D, E ,K) ANIMALS We need small amounts of vitamins Water soluble vitamins Dairy products, eggs, fish. (C and B group)