NUTRIENTS: We all know importance of this word.I keep saying Nutrition is 80% of your goal blah blah blah but what the hell is this? Lets study about little food science.
Basically , The food we eat contain nutrients. They are essential to our body to keep functioning. Nutrients are used to produce energy,detect and respond to environment surroundings,excrete wastes,breathe,grow and reproduce.
Mainly six basic thing required to our body to keep functioning are : Protein , carbs, fat, Vitamins,minerals and water.
We can classify the nutrients into two types mainly:
MACRO AND MICRO NUTRIENTS
Macro nutrients are something we need in larger amount. These are PROTEIN, CARBS AND FAT. Water is also macro nutrient as it needed in large amount per day, but, that is something that does not have any calories.
Similarly, Micro nutrients are something that our body wants in less quantity. These are vitamins and minerals.
There are 16 essential minerals and 13 vitamins.
When we say about Selenium,zinc,iron,iodine,calcium,magnesium,potassium,sodium , we are talking about minerals.
Vitamins can be fat soluble or water soluble. Water soluble vitamins are not stored in our body. These are vitamin C and B. Hence it is said that fruits like orange are best for any goals.They not gonna harm you at all
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT?
As we know food is everything that keeps you healthy, you also need to learn about micro and macro nutrients in order to keep your self healthy and non dependent.
While making diet, these are the things to consider.Thus, knowing all these will surely help you to build a success giving diet.
I hope you got little information about food science and will help you for sure.Keep visiting this area for more.
STAY FIT , STAY HEALTHY
Basically , The food we eat contain nutrients. They are essential to our body to keep functioning. Nutrients are used to produce energy,detect and respond to environment surroundings,excrete wastes,breathe,grow and reproduce.
Mainly six basic thing required to our body to keep functioning are : Protein , carbs, fat, Vitamins,minerals and water.
We can classify the nutrients into two types mainly:
MACRO AND MICRO NUTRIENTS
Macro nutrients are something we need in larger amount. These are PROTEIN, CARBS AND FAT. Water is also macro nutrient as it needed in large amount per day, but, that is something that does not have any calories.
Similarly, Micro nutrients are something that our body wants in less quantity. These are vitamins and minerals.
There are 16 essential minerals and 13 vitamins.
When we say about Selenium,zinc,iron,iodine,calcium,magnesium,potassium,sodium , we are talking about minerals.
Vitamins can be fat soluble or water soluble. Water soluble vitamins are not stored in our body. These are vitamin C and B. Hence it is said that fruits like orange are best for any goals.They not gonna harm you at all
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT?
As we know food is everything that keeps you healthy, you also need to learn about micro and macro nutrients in order to keep your self healthy and non dependent.
While making diet, these are the things to consider.Thus, knowing all these will surely help you to build a success giving diet.
I hope you got little information about food science and will help you for sure.Keep visiting this area for more.
STAY FIT , STAY HEALTHY
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