Cations
Principle cation of the extracellular fluid.
What is sodium?
This mineral is oxidized from sulfur and exists in food and water.
What is sulfate?
This type of iron accounts for 10% of the average daily intake but is well absorbed.
What is heme iron?
This is the most common nutrient deficiency affecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide.
What is iron deficiency anemia?
Majority of sodium source in American diet.
A diet that emphasizes reduction in sodium, red and processed meats, and emphasizes potassium rich fruits and vegetables to decrease risk of hypertension.
Chloride is one of the main components of this digestive juice found in the stomach.
What is HCl?
This trace mineral is important in wound healing and the immune system.
What is zinc?
Deficiency of this nutrient can lead to tooth decay given its function of making teeth resistant to decay.
Type of iron found in plant sources such as beans, nuts and spinach.
What is non-heme iron?
This major mineral helps with blood pressure regulation and rich sources of this mineral may help to reduce the risk of stroke.
What is potassium?
Involved in the transportation and absorption of fat as part of phospholipids.
What is phosphorous?
This mineral is a component of the thyroid hormones which regulate body temperate, growth, development and metabolic rate.
What is iodine?
Kidney disease can lead to excess accumulation of this mineral, causing one to need a diet that restricts certain major sources like potatoes and tomatoes.
What is potassium?
Important source of iodine that we use regularly.
What is iodized salt?
This mineral helps to regulate blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels.
Anion abundant in processed foods as part of table salt.
What is chloride?
This trace mineral enhances insulin action and deficiencies can lead to elevated blood sugar levels.
What is chromium?
With deficiency of this mineral, the cells of the thyroid gland may enlarge to trap as much as the mineral as possible resulting in goiter.
What is iodine?
In houses with this type of plumbing, the water can be a source of this mineral.
What is copper?
The body is able to adjust to increased or decreased levels in the blood by pulling it out of the bone when needed.
What is calcium?
Phosphorous is the second most abundant mineral in the body found in these two areas.
What are the bones and teeth?
This trace mineral is involved with the oxidation of iron and hemoglobin synthesis.
What is copper?
Chronic excessive intake of this mineral can lead to calcification of non-skeletal tissues.
What is phosphorous?
Best source of selenium in which it can be easy to overconsume.
What are Brazil nuts?