Question

‘Water does not provide nutrients, yet it is an important component of food’. Explain.

Answer 1

Water:

1. Water is an important component of food although it does not provide any nutrients to us.
2. But water is an important component of food due to many reasons.
3. Water carries all the helpful nutrients and oxygen to all the body parts.
4. It helps in the transportation of the digested food to every cell of the body.
5. It helps in excretion i.e., getting rid of waste products from the body in the form of urine and sweat.
6. Water regulates and controls the ambient temperature of the body.
7. Water is helpful in better absorption of nutrients by the body.

Hence, water is an essential component of food even if it does not provide nutrients to our body.