State the nutrients needed for a balanced diet?

Food And Diet.

There are 7 essentials that you must intake to have a healthy balanced diet;

• Carbohydrates
• Proteins
• Fats
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Water
• Fibre

A balanced diet is a diet that contains the correct balance of nutrients and a variety of different your body needs to stay healthy. The 7 essential nutrients are:

-Water: for chemical reactions to happen in your body, re-hydration and to ensure that your body has its normal percentage of water (65%)

-Carbohydrates: mostly for energy uses only

-Fats: also for energy, but you don't just use it up naturally, like carbohydrates it's stored up as a layer of fat, just under the skin surface, and then burned as energy when you do heavy exercise.

-Protein: mainly for growth, but also for repair (white cell regrowth) and a little extra energy

-Vitamins: the substances that your body needs to remain healthy. Vitamins are ORGANIC chemicals.

-Minerals: also the substances that your body needs to stay healthy, but different ones, but they are IN-ORGANIC chemicals.

-Fibre: also known as 'Dietary Fibre' and 'Roughage' keeps your digestive system working properly. Also, it's bulky, which helps the muscles of your intestines work to move food efficiently through your digestive system.