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essential nutrients

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essential nutrients,
the carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, and water necessary for growth, normal function, and body maintenance. These substances must be supplied by food because most are not synthesized by the body in the quantities required for normal health.


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Ann Marie Krautheim, senior VP of Nutrition Affairs for DMI, notes that dairy and beef products contain essential nutrients such as calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc.
is highly likely to result in a diet containing sufficient amounts of all essential nutrients for health'.
It is important to realize that when you are doing a cleanse, you are often not consuming much food, so you have to make sure that you are getting all of your essential nutrients.
 
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