Nutrients and Anti Nutrients

Anti -nutrients

• Everyone of you must known to nutrients but you people must not be aware of anti - nutrients
• As nutrients maintain life, the anti nutrients are harmful to life. 

What is anti nutrient?

• It is any substance that stops the beneficial nutrients being absorbed and used by the body like alcohol, cigarettes, man-made chemicals, pesticides, antibiotics and synthetic hormone residues can all be described as anti-nutrients.
• Tap water in some areas may be described as an anti-nutrient. Tap water may contain nitrates, lead or aluminium, all are anti-nutrients.
• Fried food, foods cooked on a barbecue and burnt food can all be classified as anti nutrient because they cause free radical damage to ourcells.