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Essential Nutrients That Supply Energy

Published Jul,18 2017  |  By Sarah Pflugradt, MS, RDN

The body requires energy to sustain itself and perform all the functions of daily life. The process of converting nutrients from food into energy is called cellular respiration. The energy from this biochemical process is captured in a chemical called adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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