We get ___________ from macronutrients and need lots of them.
Micronutrients don’t give us any calories but are ____________ to our health.
Micronutrients are _____________, ____________ and phytochemicals.
Vitamins are produced __________ plants.
Lack of a specific vitamin can cause a specific _______________.
Vitamins do not need to be broken down by our ______________ system; they are ready to go.
The only vitamin we can produce is vitamin _____.
Minerals are inorganic substances in the _______ which get into the plant through the plant’s ______ system.
Neither plants nor ___________ nor ___________ can make minerals but minerals are found in abundance in plants. [Note: cows do NOT produce calcium.]
Plants contain phytochemicals of which there are many ________________.
Phytochemicals provide the ________, flavor and smells of plants which makes them enjoyable to eat and helps us to prevent degenerative ____________.
Phytochemicals have only been studied in ____________years.
The foods created for us by God contain all the micronutrients in ___________ amounts and ___________ ratios.
Getting micronutrients from a variety of __________ ____________ foods is better than taking supplements.