six essential nutrients
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Six Essential Nutrients. 1. Water4. Protein 2. Carbohydrates5. Minerals 3. Fats6. Vitamins. Water (H 2 O). Controls body temperature. Enables living plants and animals to hold their shape. Involves the transport of nutrients at the cell level through osmosis and diffusion. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
1. Water 4. Protein
2. Carbohydrates 5. Minerals
3. Fats 6. Vitamins
Controls body temperature. Enables living plants and animals to hold their
shape. Involves the transport of nutrients at the cell
level through osmosis and diffusion. Helps digest feeds. Carries waste-products resulting from body
functions. Major part of all body fluids.
Furnishes energy for:A. body functionsB. growth and fatteningC. reproduction
The largest part of an animal’s food supply (usually the roughage in the diet). 4 calories per gram
Includes sugars, starchs, and cellulose. Made up of carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen.
Furnishes a concentrated source of energy. (2.25 times as much energy as C6H12O.) 9 calories per gram
Forms cholesterol, steroids, and other body compounds.
Found in every cell in the body. Skin and hair conditions are affected when fat is
absent from the diet. Provides: Energy reserves
Protection for vital organs
Insulation for the body Made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Needed for growth and repair of the body. Helps form the greater part of: 4 calories
per gramA. muscles and internal organs.B. skin, hair, wool, and feathers.C. hoofs and horns.
Contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Potassium, phosphorous, and calcium are necessary for healthy bones.
Salt (NaCl) is important in most body functions (i.e. appearance, growth, appetite).
Iron is required for healthy blood and skin.
Most other minerals are essential, but are required in smaller amounts.
Needed in minute amounts. Essential for life and health. Catalyst for body processes. Promotes growth and reproduction. Contributes to the general health of
the animal.
Vitamin Source Need Disease
A Yellow vegies, dairy, fish and liver
Night blindness,
Night blindness
B1-6 ComplexRiboflavin
Niacin, Thiamine
Meat whole grains and bananas
Nervous system, low
energy
Beri Beri
B12 meat, dairy DNA Metabolism
Leber’s
C Fruit fresh vegies, Narwhal
Adrenal glands, blood, bones,
capillary walls, heart, mucous membranes,
nervous system and teeth.
Scurvy
D Sun light Growth, bones
Ricketts
E Fish oil and grain oils
Nervous system, skin
and joints
K Dark green vegies and
carrots
Blood clotting warfarin
Protein meat Muscles, repair cells,
blood
Pelegra
Folic Acid (Vitamin B9)
Leafy greens, eggs, yeast
Nervous system
development