Nutritional Requirements

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2020B Q09

Exam question

Outline the daily nutritional requirements, including electrolytes, for a normal 70 kg adult.

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CHNOPS (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulphur)

Provide bulk energy

Carbohydrates: compounds made up of types of sugar.
- monosaccharides (such as glucose and fructose)
- disaccharides (such as sucrose and lactose)
- oligosaccharides
- polysaccharides (such as starch, glycogen, and cellulose).
Proteins: are organic compounds that consist of amino acids joined by peptide bonds.
- Essential (cannot be manufactured in the body: phenylalanine, valine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, and histidine) and non-essential
Fats: glycerin molecule with three fatty acids attached.
- Essential (alpha-linolenic acid (ω-3) and linoleic acid (ω -6)) and non-essential
- Saturated and Unsaturated

Support metabolism

Dietary minerals: exogenous chemical elements indispensable for life
Vitamins: organic molecules essential for an organism that are not classified as amino acids or fatty acids. They commonly function as enzymatic cofactors, metabolic regulators, or antioxidants.

VITAMINS
Water sol B complex folate vitamin C vitamin B12
Fat soluble ADEK
TRACE ELEMENTS
Fe	10mg
Zn	15mg
Cu	3mg
iodine	150μg
manganese	5mg
chromium	200μg
selenium	200μg

Please include common sources of specific nutrients – This is best done based on individual candidate’s method of presentation

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Exam	Exact exam wording	Candidate success
2020B Q09	Outline the daily nutritional requirements, including electrolytes, for a normal 70 kg adult.	40%
2017B Q02	Outline the daily nutritional requirements, including electrolytes, for a normal 70 kg adult	21%