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Nutrients are substances that help the body grow such as :protein, carbohydrates, fats, fiber, liquids, calcium, iodine, Vitamins, Zinc, yadda, yadda, yadda From a 5th grader at Temple Christian School in Ft Worth TX
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∙ 12y agoNutrients!! Nutrients are the substances needed for proper growth and function! There are six categories for nutrients:
- Carbohydrates
- Proteins
- Minerals
- Lipids
- Water
- Vitamins
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∙ 13y agochemicals found in food that are critical to human growth and function
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∙ 10y agoExamples: proteins, hydrocarbons, fats, vitamins, minerals, water.
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∙ 10y agoExamples: proteins, lipids, hydrocarbons, vitamins, enzymes, water, oxygen etc.
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What are chemical substances in food that have specific functions in the body?
nutrients
Why Digestion of food is a chemical reaction in humans?
It is a process in which the chemical composition of the food is changed. Reactions convert chemicals from the food to other substances. This process can take several stages and in the end you will have substances that the body can absorb and utilise.
How does chemical changes that take place inside your body help you?
they help you because it turns the food you eat into substances your body can use.
The energy stored in substances such as food and fuels is called nuclear energy?
No, this is chemical energy
What chemical substance that are absorbed by the body through the process of digestion are called?
There are many. Digestion is a twofold process; physical digestion and enzymatic digestion. Physical digestion is the act of eating food to break it into smaller parts. Enzymatic digestion is where enzymes (chemical compounds produced by the body) break the food down at a molecular level. Enzymes include salivary amylase, pepsin, lipase, trypsin and many, many more.
What Substances in food that provide things your body needs are?
Do you mean the chemical energy that is stored in food and released when we consume it to fuel our cells or the minerals in the cells?
Substances in food that your body needs?
Carbohydrates
What are chemical substances in food that have specific functions in the body?
nutrients
Why Digestion of food is a chemical reaction in humans?
It is a process in which the chemical composition of the food is changed. Reactions convert chemicals from the food to other substances. This process can take several stages and in the end you will have substances that the body can absorb and utilise.
How does chemical changes that take place inside your body help you?
they help you because it turns the food you eat into substances your body can use.
Food is the body's fuel the materials the body needs to run properly come from the food and drink we comsume the process of changing food to substances the body can use is called?
Digesting. It's the closest answer!
Is Molding food a chemical or physical change and why?
its a physical joking its a chemical change a physical is one substances, and a chemical change is two or more substances so the answer is to food molding a chemical change
What chemical element is found in food that the body needs for growth and maintenance?
These elements are called nutrients.
Is food is digested in the stomach chemical or physical?
The digestion of food in the stomach of an animal is a chemical process.In the stomach, there are various chemicals (such as digestive acids) and microorganisms (such as digestive enzymes). These react chemically with food to produce new chemical substances, which are then passed on to other parts of the body for further processing.
What are the substances in food that nourines the body?
carbohydrates
What do all living things obtain from chemical substances from food?
Energy
Food is digested in the stomach physical or chemical?
The digestion of food in the stomach of an animal is a chemical process.In the stomach, there are various chemicals (such as digestive acids) and microorganisms (such as digestive enzymes). These react chemically with food to produce new chemical substances, which are then passed on to other parts of the body for further processing.
