Nutrition

Vitamins, Nutrients, and Minerals When you hear the three words: vitamins, nutrients, and minerals, you think of one thing-being healthy. Nutrition is all about vitamins and nutrients. Firstly, vitamins are an organic compound required by the body in small amounts of metabolism to protect health, and to help proper the growth of children. Vitamins also assist in the formation of hormones, blood cells, nervous systems chemicals, and genetic material. There are 13 well known vitamins. Some …showed first 75 words of 475 total…

…showed last 75 words of 475 total…and if one is not present, then the person would suffer the same effects if the other mineral or vitamin is not present. In conclusion, being healthy is a very important part of everyone’s lives. It is important to obtain the right amount and vitamins and minerals because many diseases and sicknesses may happen easier if there is a lack of a specific vitamin or minerals. Vitamins and minerals are essential for good health.