MINERAL
MINERAL
MINERAL
• They are essential structural components of body tissues and are vital
for body processes
• Are found in the body in amounts > 5g. Egg- Ca, P, S, Mg, Na Cl2, K.
• spinach
• Meats
• Poultry
• Eggs
• Fish
• Shrimp
• Soft drinks
• Soybeans
• nuts etc
FUNCTION
• Colic
• Continuous diarrhea
• Depression
• Constipation
• Sore breasts
• Cold hands and feet
• Night sweat
Iron
• It occurs in human body as either ferrous ( Fe2+) and Ferric (Fe3+)
forms
– Haem iron
– Non-haem iron
– Breast milk
– Contamination iron
Dietary Iron
• infancy,
• adolescence,
• Pallor, lethargy
• Infants & young children – low iron in milk, rapid growth & low
stores
• Perinatal mortality
• Maternal mortality
• Child mortality
– Cell metabolism,
• Prevents goiter
DEFICIENCY
• Depressed growth
• Goiter
• Delayed sexual development
• Deaf-mutism
• Mental retardation
• Congenital defects
• Deafness
• Mental retardation
• Lethargy
• Dwarfism
• Sluggish behavior
• Psychomotor defects
• Cretinism
Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)
• Goiter
• Hypothyroidism
• Milk • Seafood
• Mushrooms
• Tuna
• Oats
• Wheat germ
• Onions
• Cabbage
• Barley
• Tea
Functions
• Copper absorbed through the skin gets into the circulatory system very
efficiently.
• Anaemia
• Bone demineralization
• Brain impairment
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