6 - Minerals and Water
6 - Minerals and Water
6 - Minerals and Water
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MINERALS
(AND WATER)
4. What is water?
5. Functions of water
6. Water requirement
•Human needs small amount of minerals in
their diet, but it plays important roles in
human body.
WHAT IS •Minerals have some distinctive properties
MINERALS? that are not shared by other nutrients.
•Divided into 2:
1. Major minerals.
2. Trace minerals.
1. Large amount within the human diet – over
100 milligrams daily and called as major
minerals:
Calcium, Chloride, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium,
Sodium, Sulfur.