{"id":1290,"date":"2018-04-27T18:15:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T18:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2019-09-03T08:06:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T08:06:58","slug":"macronutrients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/others\/macronutrients\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Macronutrients?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1290\" class=\"elementor elementor-1290\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b263d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b263d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-246ab62\" data-id=\"246ab62\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f61f5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f61f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Macronutrients provide calories or energy for the body to run. We require nutrients for growth, metabolism, and body functions.<\/p><p>The \u201cmacro\u201d part of Macronutrients means large. This is the way we know we require large amounts of them to fuel the body.<\/p><p>All macronutrients must be obtained through diet as the body cannot produce them on its own.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-782fb079 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"782fb079\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-408d5885\" data-id=\"408d5885\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372889dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"372889dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Three Macronutrients<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55893b4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55893b4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d876ed\" data-id=\"9d876ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f79c707 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f79c707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carbohydrate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carbohydrate<\/a><\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"\/Carbohydrates\/\"><em>Carbohydrates<\/em><\/a>\u00a0are the sugars, starches, cellulose and fibers found in fruits, grains, rice, bread, cereals and starchy vegetables. They&#8217;re a source of energy for the body and typically can be broken down to release energy<\/p><p><strong>Protein<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p><p><strong>Fat<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58f82f14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58f82f14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6565e6ed\" data-id=\"6565e6ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e39728a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e39728a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Macronutrients Calories<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c7de72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c7de72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38004d3\" data-id=\"38004d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036700c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"036700c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Macronutrients provide <a href=\"\/calories\/\">calories<\/a> but each one varies.<\/p><ul><li>Carbohydrate provides 4 calories per gram<\/li><li>Protein provides 4 calories per gram<\/li><li>Fat provides 9 calories per gram.<\/li><\/ul><p>The only other substance that provides calories is alcohol (ethanol).<\/p><ul><li>Alcohol provides 7 calories per gram.<\/li><\/ul><p>Alcohol, however, isn\u2019t technically a macronutrient because we do not need it for survival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-188cadee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"188cadee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ea936cf\" data-id=\"1ea936cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433f2466 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"433f2466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Macronutrients and Micronutrients<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-672b6c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"672b6c4\" 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We require nutrients for growth, metabolism, and body functions. The \u201cmacro\u201d part of Macronutrients means large. This is the way we know we require large amounts of them to fuel the body. All macronutrients must be obtained through diet as the body cannot produce them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantfullness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}