Question

1. What are nutrients and what are non-nutrients. Describe each and give several examples for each category, in detail.

Answer 1

ANS. Nutrients;- These are the substances that provides nourishments to the for and are essential for the maintenance of life and for growth. They are also regulating the cellular activites. Some nutrients also provides energy. Example of nutrients are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, etc.

Non Nutrients;- These are the substances that are not essential for the body but they are beneficial for the health. They may be harmfull for body too. They are simply phytochemical which do not have direct role in the growth and developments.They can be toxic. Example of non nutrients are pesticides, fungicides, terpenex, flavonoids, lignans, phytosterols etc.