MACRO AND MICRO NUTRIENTS

Micro Nutrients

These are in our diets, but in very small amounts. These can be found in vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Micronutrients, just like water do not provide energy, however they are still needed in adequate amounts to ensure that all our body cells function properly. Even though their presence is in minute amounts it should by no way diminish their importance to nutrition.

Most of micro nutrients are known to be essential nutrients, meaning they are those which are dispensable to life processes, and what the body can-not make itself. In other words meaning these essential nutrients can only be obtained from the food in which we eat.

Micro nutrients can be found in;

·        Vitamins

·        Minerals

·        Trace elements