Nutrition

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  1. Calorie
    a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
  2. fat
    a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue
  3. carbohydrate
    an essential component of living cells and source of energy
  4. protein
    an organic compound essential to living cells
  5. nutrition
    the organic process of nourishing or being nourished
  6. metabolism
    the organic processes that are necessary for life
Created on Sat Oct 23 12:24:52 EDT 2010 (updated Sat Oct 23 12:30:04 EDT 2010)

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