How do nutrients become nutrients and what do they do?

Through the process of photosynthesis, plants convert the energy of the sun, carbon dioxide from the air, and minerals and water from the earth into atomic bonds that are solid enough for teeth to sink into. We can consume these forms of energy directly, by eating plant foods, or indirectly, by eating animals that have eaten these plant foods.

The process, by which food gets broken down in the body and by which the energy released from the atomic bonds, is called digestion.

Eating the right combinations and amounts of foods to provide energy and make it possible for that energy to …read more