Respuesta :
It is false statement that sodium is an under-consumed nutrient.
What is nutrient?
- "The components present in food which is required by our body for its growth, development and normal functioning is called nutrients."
- It is categorised into: carbohydrates, fats, protein, minerals, vitamins, roughage and water.
- Carbohydrates and fats are energy giving foods whereas proteins are body building food.
- Vitamins protects our body from infections and diseases whereas minerals are required by our body for its development and normal functions.
- Minerals include iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, zinc, iodine, chromium, copper and chloride.
What do you mean by under-consumed nutrients?
- Low intake of certain nutrients in our food and beverages are referred as under-consumed nutrients.
Vegetable, meats, processed food, beverages and salts are rich in sodium. Most of the food that we eat have sodium in it, so it is not an under-consumed nutrients.
Hence, the statement that sodium is an under-consumed nutrient is false.
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