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What are the 6 classes of nutrients?
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Carbohydrates, Water, Lipids, Protein, Minerals, Vitamins
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Macronutrients
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Carbs, Lipids, and Proteins
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Micronutrients
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Vitamins and Minerals
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Essential Nutrients
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Nutrients that a person must obtain from food because the body does not create them naturally
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Energy-yielding Nutrients
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Lipids, Carbs, and Proteins; vitamins, minerals, and water do not yield nutrients
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The Vitamins
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Organic, and don't provide energy; facilitate the release of energy from carbs, lipids, and protein; there are 13 vitamins
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The Minerals
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Only 16 minerals essential to human nutrition; don't yield energy
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Water
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Participates in metabolic reactions and supplies the medium for transporting vital materials to the cells and carrying waste products away from them
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Nutrigenomics
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Science of how nutrients affect the activities of genes and how genes affect the interactions between diet and disease
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Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI)
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A set of nutrient intake values for healthy people in the USA and Canada
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Estimated Average Requirements (EAR)
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The average daily amount of a nutrient that will maintain a specific biochemical or physiological function in half the healthy people of a given age and gender group
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Requirement
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The lowest continuing intake of a nutrient that will maintain a specified criterion of adequacy
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Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
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The average daily amount of nutrient considered adequate to meet the known nutrient needs of practically all healthy people; a goal for dietary intake for individuals
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Deficient
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The amount of a nutrient below which almost all healthy people can be expected, overtime, to experience deficiency symptoms
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Adequate Intakes (AI)
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The average daily amount of a nutrient that appears sufficient to maintain a specified criterion; a value used as a guide for nutrient intake when an RDA cannot be determined
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