Q: What are essential nutrients?
A: Essential nutrients are carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, and minerals that our bodies
require daily but can’t make on their own. These nutrients must come from our diet.
Q: Why do we need essential nutrients?
A: Our bodies need essential nutrients every day to properly grow, heal, and live. If they are
absent from our diet or we don’t get them in the right amounts, it can lead to poor growth and
brain function in children and increased aging and chronic disease risk in adults.
Q: How do we provide you with nutrient rich foods?
A: Based on information provided by the Institute of Medicine and the World Health
Organization, there are 43 essential nutrients. To provide you with all the 43 essential nutrients
you need daily, we use real foods from nature and then add any missing nutrients to our meals.
Q: What are some of the 43 essential nutrients in Yevo™ foods?
A: Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine, Tryptophan, Histidine, Lysine, Methionine, Threonine, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Cysteine, Linoleic Acid, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12,Biotin, Sodium, Chloride, Potassium, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Iodine, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, Manganese, Chromium, Molybdenum, Arginine, Alanine, Proline.
Q: What happens to me if I don't get essential nutrients?
A: Without proper nutrition the body potentially does not have the full capacity to grow to its full
potential. Vitamins and minerals are used by the body to maintain healthy cells. When cells are
healthy, adverse effects stemming from natural aging process and potential chronic disease can be
minimized.
