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Show Nutrients In Foods. Protein, starch, fat. sugar and flbef , sre the nutrients that make up foods i Protein is the only one from which muscle and tissue csn be made the , others serve to produce beat, energy ( and fat. Starch and sugar are equal In food vulue. The fiber In the plant cut green has the ssme food vsluc as , starth; when the plant is mnttire the fiber becomes lastly Indigestible, as In straw. Fat serves the same pur- pose In lh enlmal body as starch; It t Is more concentrated, having 2!4 times as mu'b nutriment In a given weight, |