Minerals and Water Inorganic substances that make up
Minerals and Water • Inorganic substances that make up about 4% of your body weight. • Become part of your body structure such as teeth, bones, soft tissues and body fluids. • Often work w/vitamins • Vital for good health
Calcium • Needed for strong bones and teeth • Works with phosphorus and Vitamin D • Best Sources – Milk, Yogurt, Cheese • Deficiency - Osteoporosis
Phosphorus Second most abundant mineral in milk • Helps build strong bones and teeth • Aids body in storing and releasing energy • Best sources – Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and milk products
Iron • Essential for hemoglobin in the blood • Best sources – Dried beans and peas – Leafy greens – Lean meats – Liver – Deficiency - Anemia
Iodine • Promotes normal function of thyroid gland • Best sources – Iodized table salt – Saltwater fish – Shellfish Deificiency - Goiter
Water • 55% - 75% of your body weight • Water is a solvent necessary in the production of and maintaining body cells. • Lubricates body joints • Water is a heat regulator. It helps the body temperature to stay the same.
• Water is used to move nutrients through the digestive tract. • Water is needed to remove and waste products. • Without sufficient water, fiber does no good. Fiber absorbs water thus allowing waste products to move freely through the digestive tract, and thus preventing toxic waste from accumulating.
Group of minerals that works together to maintain the body’s fluid balance. Potassium, Sodium & Chloride
Other Deficiencies Protein: Kwashiorkor – Fatigue, lethargy, irratability. Loss of muscle mass. Thiamin: Beriberi- Damage to heart and nervous system. Niacin: Pellagra - Skin sores, diarrhea, dementia. Vitamin C: Scurvy – Anemia, gum disease, weakness. Vitamin A: Night blindness – trouble seeing in low light
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