ESSENTIAL MINERALS IN THE HUMAN DIET
Energy, Longevity, Immunity, Sleep and More
What are the 13 essential minerals?
What are the essential minerals and their functions?
MINERALS: THEIR FUNCTIONS AND SOURCES
The body needs many minerals; these are called essential minerals. Essential minerals are sometimes divided up into
- - major minerals (macrominerals) and
- - trace minerals (microminerals).
These two groups of minerals are equally important, but trace minerals are needed in smaller amounts than major minerals. The amounts needed in the body are not an indication of their importance.
A BALANCED DIET USUALLY PROVIDES ALL OF THE ESSENTIAL MINERALS.
For example:
Magnesium
Foods that have it: Green leafy vegetables, nuts, dairy, soybeans, potatoes, whole wheat, quinoa
How much you need:
- Men ages 19-30: 400 milligrams per day
- Men age 31 and up: 420 milligrams per day
- Women ages 19-30: 310 milligrams per day, unless pregnant or breastfeeding
- Women age 31 and up: 320 milligrams per day, unless pregnant or breastfeeding
- Pregnant women: 350-360 milligrams per day
- Breastfeeding women: 310-320 milligrams per day
What it does: Helps with heart rhythm, muscle and nerve function, bone strength
Don't get more than this much: For the magnesium that's naturally in food and water, there is no upper limit.
For magnesium in supplements or fortified foods: 350 milligrams per day
READ THIS BOOK TO LEARN MORE!
In this guide you'll learn:
- MINERAL SALTS
- THE MACROMOLECULES OF LIFE
- NATURAL FOODS
- THE PH OF THE BLOOD
- FATS (LIPIDS)
- PROTEINS (PROTIDES)
- CALCIUM (CA)
- PHOSPHORUS (P)
- SODIUM (NA)
- POTASSIUM (K)
- CHLORINE (CL)
- SULFUR (S)
- IRON (FE)
- COPPER (CU)
- ZINC (ZN)
- FLUORINE (F)
- IODINE (I)
- SELENIUM (SE)
- CHROMIUM (CR)
- COBALT (CO)
- MANGANESE (MN)
- MOLYBDENUM (MO)
- HOW MANY VITAMINS ARE THERE AND WHAT THEY DO?
- VITAMINS OF GROUP B
- VITAMIN C - ASCORBIC ACID
- VITAMIN H - BIOTIN
- VITAMIN PP - NIACIN
- FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
- WATER
- BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)
- FREE RADICALS AND ANTIOXIDANTS: FIGHT WITHOUT MERCY!
- FREE RADICALS AND ANTIOXIDANTS, DISEASES AND AGING
- FREE RADICALS, DNA DAMAGE, CANCER AND DISEASE
- FOODS RICH IN ANTIOXIDANTS TO FIGHT FREE RADICALS
- PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, OXIDATIVE STRESS, ANTIOXIDANTS AND FREE RADICALS
- HARD WATER PROTECTS AGAINST HEART ATTACKS
- BLOCKED ARTERIES: FOODS THAT HELP AND PREVENT THEM
- PROPERTIES AND BENEFITS OF COPPER AND WHERE IT IS FOUND
- ZINC: A VALID HELP FOR IMMUNE DEFENSES AND MORE
- SELENIUM AND THYROID HEALTH
- SELENIUM DEFICIENCY
- WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE THYROID GLAND FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE PERSON?
- SODIUM: DEFICIENCY, EXCESS AND HYPERTENSION
- BORON, FUNCTIONS, HEALTH BENEFITS, RECOMMENDED DOSES
- ACID-BASE BALANCE: DIET AND WELLNESS
- And Much, Much More!
