Difference between revisions of "Nutrients in foods"
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=== Vitamins === | === Vitamins === | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 20 January 2012
- Topic in Gardening courses
This page is about nutrients that plants provide. This topic is to be distinguished from the nutrients that plants themselves need for their growth, or plant nutrients.
Nutrients in foods do not only come from plants as humans also consume animal products. For the Gardening courses, however, the focus is on nutrients in food that come from plants.
Macronutrients
Macronutrients are those that are needed in larger quantities.
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrates
Micronutrients
Micronutrients are nutrients needed in very small amounts.
