Nutrients and a Balanced Diet - Basic Biology - Lesson 14 (GCSE Science)

Learn and revise for your GCSE and IGCSE exams. This lesson teaches you everything that you need to know about nutrients and the role of nutrients in our body as well as what a balanced diet is and why they are so important.

In this lesson you will learn:
• What nutrients are and how we obtain them
• The main types of nutrients we need
• Why carbohydrates are important
• The different types of carbohydrates there are
• The types of food which contain carbohydrate
• What fats and lipids are
• Why we need fats
• The foods which contain fats
• What proteins are and which foods are rich in protein
• What vitamins and minerals are
• The main vitamins and minerals we need and what they do
• The types of foods that contain vitamins and minerals
• The role of fibre in the body
• Why we need to consume water
• What a balanced diet is
• What deficiency is
• What happens to our body when we are deficient for specific nutrients

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