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- Carbohydrates – our main source of energy.
- Proteins are essential to the growth and repair of muscles and other body tissues.
- Fats are one source of energy and are important for fat-soluble vitamins.
- Vitamins – water- and fat-soluble vitamins play important roles in many chemical processes in the body.
- Minerals – inorganic elements occurring in the body. These are critical to the body’s normal functioning.
- Water – essential to normal body functioning – is a vehicle for carrying other nutrients, and because 65-75% of the human body is water.
- Dietary fibre – the fibrous indigestible portion of our diet essential to the health of the digestive system.