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Nutrition Essentials
Nutrition Essentials
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The human body requires a wide range of nutrients to function properly and maintain good health.

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Release dateSep 27, 2023
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Nutrition Essentials

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    Nutrition Essentials - Allen Nissanth

    Nutrition

    Essentials

    A Beginner's Guide to Vital Nutrients

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    Copyright © 2023 by Allen Nissanth N

    All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or

    used in any manner whatsoever without

    the express written permission of the

    publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

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    CONTENTS

    INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 10

    MACRONUTRIENTS: ........................................... 10

    CARBOHYDRATES: ............................................. 10

    PROTEINS: ............................................................. 10

    FATS (LIPIDS): ...................................................... 11

    MICRONUTRIENTS: ............................................. 11

    VITAMINS: .............................................................. 11

    MINERALS: ............................................................ 11

    WATER: .................................................................. 12

    FIBER: ..................................................................... 12

    ANTIOXIDANTS: ................................................... 12

    PHYTONUTRIENTS: ............................................. 13

    ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS: ............................... 13

    AMINO ACIDS: ...................................................... 13

    ELECTROLYTES: ................................................. 14

    CHOLINE: ............................................................... 14

    TRACE ELEMENTS: ............................................. 14

    PROBIOTICS: ........................................................ 15

    MACRONUTRIENTS ................................................. 17

    CARBOHYDRATES: ............................................. 17

    PROTEINS: ............................................................. 17

    FATS: ....................................................................... 18

    MICRONUTRIENTS .................................................. 21

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    VITAMINS: .............................................................. 21

    FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS: ................................. 21

    WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS: .......................... 22

    MINERALS: ............................................................ 22

    TRACE ELEMENTS: ............................................. 23

    WATER ........................................................................ 25

    HYDRATION: ......................................................... 25

    CELLULAR FUNCTION: ...................................... 25

    DIGESTION: ........................................................... 26

    CIRCULATION: ...................................................... 26

    TEMPERATURE REGULATION: ....................... 26

    JOINT LUBRICATION: ......................................... 27

    DETOXIFICATION: ............................................... 27

    FIBER .......................................................................... 30

    SOLUBLE FIBER: ................................................. 30

    INSOLUBLE FIBER: ............................................. 31

    DIGESTIVE HEALTH: ........................................... 31

    HEART HEALTH: .................................................. 32

    BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL: .............................. 32

    WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: ................................... 32

    GUT HEALTH: ....................................................... 32

    ANTIOXIDANTS ......................................................... 35

    VITAMINS: .............................................................. 35

    MINERALS: ............................................................ 36

    4

    PHYTOCHEMICALS: ............................................ 36

    ENZYMES: .............................................................. 36

    PROTECTION AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS:

    .................................................................................. 37

    ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS: ................... 37

    SKIN HEALTH: ...................................................... 37

    AGING: .................................................................... 38

    IMMUNE SUPPORT: ............................................. 38

    PHYTONUTRIENTS .................................................. 40

    FLAVONOIDS: ....................................................... 40

    CAROTENOIDS: .................................................... 41

    GLUCOSINOLATES: ............................................ 41

    PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS: ................................. 41

    SAPONINS: ............................................................ 42

    ALLYL SULFIDES: ............................................... 42

    TERPENES: ............................................................ 42

    ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY: ................................... 43

    ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

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