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Differentiate between macro and micronutrients

      

Differentiate between macro and micronutrients.

  

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gregory
Macro nutrients are large units of nutrients.These are the protein, fats and
carbohydrates
Micro-nutrients are small units of nutrients. These are the vitamins, minerals
and fatty acids. They are both needed for healthy body function. They are
important for sperm count to be high. Without these there would be no more
future children. Micro nutrients are smaller than Macro nutrients, but they are
chemically more complex.
? Micronutrients are nutrients required by humans and other living things
throughout life in small quantities to orchestrate a whole range of
physiological functions, but which the organism itself cannot produce. For
people, they include dietary minerals in amounts generally less than 100
micrograms/day - as opposed to macrominerals which are required in larger
quantities. The microminerals or trace elements include:
iron, cobalt, chromium, copper[2]
, iodine, manganese, selenium, zinc and mol
ybdenum. Micronutrients also include vitamins, which are organic
compounds required as nutrients in tiny amounts by an organism.
gregorymasila answered the question on February 6, 2018 at 06:53


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