Macronutrients - Nutrition and Diet

As you're probably aware, in order to function properly, your body requires several chemical elements and composites. Although all are essential, some elements are required in smaller quantities, in which case they are labeled micronutrients. The ones that are needed in larger amounts are macronutrients and it's this group of elements that I'll cover in the following section.

The "Macro" family can be split up in 4 groups of chemical elements or composites: minerals, proteins (amino acids), carbohydrates and fat. I'll try to keep this as simple as possible, but if you feel like you're in chemistry or biology class reading these elements' functions, it's a good idea to roll with the terms since they're used in every nutrition or medical book, so it can make your life easier in the future if you do so. So let's start with the mineral macronutrients functions.