NUTRIENTS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

NUTRIENTS FUNCTIONS SOURCES MORE INFORMATION

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)