How Many Different Nutrients Are There?

There are six major nutrients: Carbohydrates (CHO), Lipids (fats), Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, Water.

What are the 12 nutrients?

The essential nutrient elements for humans, listed in order of Recommended Dietary Allowance (expressed as a mass), are potassium, chloride, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese, copper, iodine, chromium, molybdenum, selenium and cobalt (the last as a component of vitamin B12).

What are the 7 major nutrients?

A healthy human diet involves seven different kinds of nutrient:
  • carbohydrates.
  • proteins.
  • lipids (fats and oils)
  • minerals.
  • vitamins.
  • dietary fibre.
  • water.
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