Micronutrients / Calories / Exercising - lots of info here..

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  • beckyellis1342
    beckyellis1342 Posts: 2
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    Just to clarify, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are macronutrients, which are those nutrients that provide energy. Micronutrients include vitamins and minerals, that although are important, don't provide the body energy.
  • machinegunkate
    machinegunkate Posts: 74 Member
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    boomp
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
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    Just to clarify, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are macronutrients, which are those nutrients that provide energy. Micronutrients include vitamins and minerals, that although are important, don't provide the body energy.

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    and technically 1200 is the WHO for the recommended amount of food you need to eat to easily get all your required nutrients in for health but its not a magical bullet number for all people and all diets. Not that I don't encourage you to eat more than that in general, for the very reason the WHO does and also because bodies need fuel, but you should also know how much fuel YOUR body needs. someone who is 6' should net way more. someone who is 4' may not need that much.

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