Micronutrients

Question 1

What are Vitamins and Minerals function?

Answer 1

Allow the body to unlock energy within the macronutrients and act as biological catalysts in the myriad reactions that occur in the body

Question 2

What are water soluble vitamins?

Answer 2

Vitamins B and C

Expelled from the body quicker and smaller amounts are stored in the body at one time

Question 3

What are minerals?

Answer 3

Inorganic compounds that are present in the earth

Vital for regulating fluid balance, muscle contractions, bone formation and nerve function