Micronutrients
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- 2. Help our bodies absorb calcium and phosphorus from foods as well as to help them build and keep strong bones and teeth.
- 4. A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy and work the way it should.
- 5. A group of vitamins that help your body's metabolism function better.
- 8. Vits A collection of 8 water-soluble vitamins essential for various metabolic processes.
- 9. A mineral your body needs to build and maintain strong bones and to carry out many important functions.
- 10. A chemical compound (such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamin, or mineral) contained in foods.
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- 1. The body is made up of 50 to 75% water.
- 2. Plays a role in controlling infections and healing wounds, and is a powerful antioxidant that can neutralize harmful free radicals.
- 3. A nutrient in the vitamin B complex that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy.
- 4. A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy.
- 6. An essential nutrient involved in the maintenance of normal cellular homeostasis.
- 7. The natural form of vitamin B9, water-soluble and naturally found in many foods.
- 11. An important mineral the body needs to make Haemoglobin.