Renew your Nutrients Mindset ... Basics on Minerals

... Contents ...

• ABOUT MINERAL NUTRIENTS

• MAJOR MINERALS 

• TRACE MINERALS

...About Mineral Nutrients...

Mineral nutrients, also known as dietary nutrients, are chemical elements required by living organisms.
• Can not be made in the body, must be obtained in our diet
• Excess can produce toxic effects
• Two types; 7 Trace Minerals; body requires less than 100mg/day and 9 Major Minerals; the body requires more than 100mg/day.

... 3 Functions of Minerals ...• They provide structure in forming bones & minerals
• They help maintain normal heart rythmn, muscle contractility, neural conductivity, and acid base balance
• They help regulate cellular metabolism by becoming part of enzymes and hormones that modulate cellular activity.

...The Major Minerals...

7 Major minerals; Calcium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur, Sodium, Chlorine and Magnesium.  Body requires more than 100mg/day.

Calcium
m700mg/day, w700mg/day
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources; 

Chlorine 
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources; 

Cobalt 
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources;

Magnesium
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources;

Manganese
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources; 

Sodium
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources; 

Sulfur
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources;

Potassium
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources;

Phosphorous
• Benefits;
• Deficiencies cause;
• Sources; 

...The Trace Minerals...

7 Trace elements; iron, copper, cobalt, zinc, molybdenum, iodine and selenium. Body requires less than 100mg/day;

Chromium
• Benefits;
• Deficiences cause;
• Sources; 

Copper
• Benefits;
• Deficiences cause;
• Sources; 

Fluorine
• Benefits;
• Deficiences cause;
• Sources;

Iodine
• Benefits;
• Deficiences cause;
• Sources; 

Iron
• Benefits;
• Deficiences cause;
• Sources;

Selenium
• Benefits;
• Deficiences cause;
• Sources;

Zinc 
• Benefits;
• Deficiences cause;
• Sources; 


REFERENCES
• Minerals, Website, http://www.brianmac.co.uk/minerals.htm
• Vitamins & Minerals, Website, http://wellness-nexus.blogspot.ca/2012/06/vitamins-and-minerals.html
• Natrual Healing through specific nutrition, Minerals, Website, http://nutritionalmuscletesting.com/index.php?p=2_88