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Components of a Balanced Diet

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

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