Question

Why nucleic acid are not considered as nutrients

Answer 1

Explanation:

All living things are made of cells.

All cells come from pre-existing cells by transmitting nucleic acids from the parent cell to the new cell.

That means that every food that we derive from a living thing is chock full of nucleic acids in every one of its cells.

All food from plants and animals is made of cells, and every one of those cells has a nucleus containing DNA and RNA.

Fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, nuts, beans, seeds, whole grains -- they are all made entirely of cells, with nucleic acids in all the nuclei of all their cells.

It isn't meaningful to write this fact on nutrition labels because no animal or plant experiences a deficiency of nucleic acids.

Answer 2

Answer:

Nucleic acids and/or their components in the diet have not been considered essential for normal growth and development because it was generally assumed that living organisms, including humans, could synthesize adequate amounts of the compounds required for normal growth and development and that dietary sources are not ...

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