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• Leonardo Da Vinci I-17

  1500
  Scientist and artist
  Compared the process of metabolism in the body to the burning of a candle

• Dr. James Lind I-17

  1747 
  Physician in the British Navy, performed the FIRST scientific experiment in Nutrition.
  
  Gave sailors sea water, vinegar and limes. Limes=saved from scurvy.
  Later discovered that lime was rich in vitamin C.

• Antoine Lavoisier I-17

  1770 
  
  Known as the "Father of Nutrtion and Chemistry"
  Discovered the actual process by which food is metabolized
  Cellular respiration/combination of food and oxygen in the body resulted in heat and water

• Justus Liebig I-17

  1840 
  
  From Germany, pioneer in EARLY PLANT GROWTH studies, was the first to point out the chemical makeup of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
  Carbs were made of sugars, fats were made of fatty acids, and proteins were made of amino acids.

• Christian Eijkman I-17

  1897
  
  A dutchman working with natives in Java, observed that some of the natives developed a disease called beriberi, which causes heart problems and paralysis.
  Chickens were fed the native diet of white rice, they developed the symptoms of Beriberi. When fed brown rice that was not processed, the chickens showed no symptoms. 
  
  Later learned that the outer rice bran contained vitamin B-1, THIAMINE

• E.V. McCollum I-17

  1912
  
  Discovered the first fat-soluble vitamin, Vitamin A
  Butter contains more Vitamin A than lard

• Dr. Casmir Funk I-17

  1912 
  
  First to coin the term "VITAMINS" as vital factors in the diet

• William Rose I-17

  1930
  
  Discovered the essential amino acids were the building blocks of protein
  
  Later in 1940...
  
  The water-soluble B and C vitamins were identified

• Linus Pauling I-17

  1968
  
  Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
  Created the term "ORTHOMOLECULAR NUTRITION"
  Proposed that giving the body the right molecules in the right concentrations, nutrients could be used by people to achieve better health and prolong life.

• Essential or indispensable nutrients I-17

  These are nutrients that must be supplied in the diet because the cells of the animal cannot synthesize the nutrient at all or not at a rate sufficient to meet cellular demands.