# Nutrition Essentials

- By: Stephanie Green and Kelli Shallal
- Publisher: Open Maricopa
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Nutrition/Nutrition_Essentials_(Greena_and_Shallal))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Nutrition/Nutrition_Essentials_(Greena_and_Shallal)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/med-153999/pdf

This book can help you understand which foods to include in your diet and how those nutrients provide support for growth and repair in your body. The science-based information in this book can help guide you on a new journey towards good health. Each chapter introduces you to easy to understand nutritional topics from why nutrients are essential, how your body uses them and which foods contain those vital nutrients.