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The series of subconscious and involuntary processes that extracts nutrients from food.

Nutrition

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A conscious and voluntary process by which we ingest foods from the external environment.

Diet

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These nutrients are present in living beings and inert beings

inorganic nutrients

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These nutrients are exclusive to living beings

Organic nutrients

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The body's main source of energy. Glucose and cellulose are examples.

Carbohydrates

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Organic molecules that are not water soluble.

Lipids (fats)

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Macromolecules formed by simpler units called amino acids.

Proteins

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These are nutrients that can be lipids or proteins. We should obtain them from food, as the body cannot synthesize them.

Vitamins

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Foods are of three types, depending on the function they carry out in our body. Name the three types.

Energetic, Plastic/Structural, and Regulator

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These types of food contain abundant carbohydrates or lipids to obtain energy.

Energetic

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These types of foods are high in proteins to provide materials and create and renew structures in the body.

Plastic or Structural

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These types of foods are rich in vitamins or mineral salts, nutrients that regulate different metabolic processes.

Regulator

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Foods are organized into ___ groups in the food wheel.

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