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What is the relationship between nutrients food chemical reactions and energy?

April 26, 2017chemical reactions energy food nutrients relationship

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What is the relationship between nutrients food chemical reactions and energy?

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The food that is consumed contains nutrients, but in order to get those nutrients chemical reactions in the enzymes and proteins must break down the food. Once this happens, the body is able to make use of the nutrients. The nutrients then provide energy in the body.

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Food converted to chemical energy by autotrophs, passed to heterotrophs in the organic compounds of food, dissipated as heat.