blood plasma is a water-based solution. identify how it transports nutrients from food around the body.

Blood plasma, which is primarily water-based, transports nutrients from food throughout the body by carrying them dissolved in its watery solution. After nutrients like glucose, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals are absorbed from the small intestine into capillaries, they enter the plasma. Plasma then carries these dissolved nutrients to body cells that need them for cellular functions and energy. Some nutrients, especially fat-soluble ones, are transported in plasma packaged within lipoproteins. Additionally, plasma transports other substances such as hormones, waste products, and proteins, facilitating overall nutrient distribution and waste removal in the body.