The common nutrients be carbohydrates fats vitamins roughage protien
Carbohydrates – our main source of energy.Fats – one source of energy and important in relation to fat soluble vitamins.Roughage (Fiber) – the fibrous indigestible portion of our diet essential to health of the digestive system.Minerals – those inorganic elements occurring in the body and which are critical to its normal functions.Proteins – essential to growth and repair of muscle and other body tissues.Vitamins – water and fat soluble vitamins play important roles in many chemical processes in the body.Water – essential to normal body function – as a vehicle for carrying other nutrients and because 60% of the human body is water.