"Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life."
Focuses on the relationship between food and health, including the study of dietary needs, food allergies, and special diets.
Macronutrients: The three types of macronutrients: carbohydrates, protein, and fat, and their relative importance in human nutrition.
Micronutrients: The essential vitamins and minerals required for optimal health and function.
Digestion and Absorption: The process by which nutrients are broken down and absorbed by the body.
Energy Metabolism: How the body converts food into energy through the process of cellular respiration.
Dietary Guidelines: Recommendations for healthy eating patterns based on scientific evidence.
Food Science: The study of the chemical, physical, and biological properties of food and how they affect human health.
Nutrition through the Life Cycle: How nutrient needs change at different stages of life, from infancy to old age.
Functional Foods: Foods that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition due to their specific ingredients or properties.
Dietary Supplements: Products that contain vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other nutrients, taken to supplement the diet.
Nutrition and Disease: The relationship between nutrition and various health conditions, including diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.
"It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures."
"Failure to obtain sufficient nutrients causes malnutrition."
"Nutritional science is the study of nutrition, though it typically emphasizes human nutrition."
"Organisms obtain nutrients by consuming organic matter, consuming inorganic matter, absorbing light, or some combination of these."
"Some can produce nutrients internally by consuming basic elements."
"Some must consume other organisms to obtain pre-existing nutrients."
"All forms of life require carbon, energy, and water as well as various other molecules."
"Animals require complex nutrients such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins."
"Humans obtain complex nutrients by consuming other organisms."
"Humans have developed agriculture and cooking to replace foraging and advance human nutrition."
"Plants acquire nutrients through the soil and the atmosphere."
"Fungi absorb nutrients around them by breaking them down and absorbing them through the mycelium."
"The type of organism determines what nutrients it needs."
"Organisms obtain nutrients by consuming organic matter, consuming inorganic matter, absorbing light, or some combination of these."
"Animals require complex nutrients such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins, obtaining them by consuming other organisms."
"All forms of life require carbon, energy, and water as well as various other molecules."
"Humans have developed agriculture and cooking to replace foraging and advance human nutrition."
"Plants acquire nutrients through the soil and the atmosphere."
"Fungi absorb nutrients around them by breaking them down and absorbing them through the mycelium."