Minerals Micro Nutrients food sources and deficiency disease

Minerals, food sources and deficiency disease

Calcium (Ca)
    Food Source - Milk, cheese, vegetables and bead
    Needed for - Blood clotting and formation of bone, Muscle contraction, nerve action
    Deficiency Disease - Tetany and rickets

Phosphorus (P)
   Food Source - Eggs, pea nuts and most foods, Cheese
   Needed for - Bone and tooth formation, energy transfer from foods
   Deficiency Disease - Tetany and rickets

Sulphur (S)
   Food Source- Milk Products, meat, eggs, etc.
   Needed for - Formation of thiamin
   Deficiency Disease - Disturbed protein metabolism

Potassium (K)
   Food Source - Meat & potatoes
   Needed for - Muscle contraction active transport
   Deficiency Disease - Nervous disorder

Sodium (Na) 
   Food Source - Any salted food, meat, eggs and milk
   Needed for - Muscle contraction active transport
   Deficiency Disease - Nervous, depression

Chlorine (Cl)
   Food Source - Salted food
   Needed for - Anion/Cation balance and gastric acid formation
   Deficiency Disease - Loss of appetite muscle cramps

Magnesium (Mg)
   Food Source - Meat and green vegetables
   Needed for - Formation of bone, formation of coenzymes in cell respiration
   Deficiency Disease - Irregularity of metabolism

  

Micro Nutrients food sources and deficiency disease

Iron (Fe)
   Food source - Liver, kidney, red meat, cocoa powder and water-cress
   Needed for - Formation of Hemoglobin, Myoglobin and Cytochromes
   Deficiency Disease - Anemia and low immunity

Fluorine (F)
   Food source - Water supplies, tea see food, meat, liver and beans
   Needed for - Resistance to tooth decay
   Deficiency Disease – Weak teethes, mottling of teethes

Zinc (Zn)
   Food source - Meat, liver and beans
   Needed for - Enzyme activation and carbon dioxide transport
   Deficiency Disease – Anemia, weak blood vessels and connective tissues

Iodine (I)
   Food source - Iodized salt and fish
   Needed for - Thyroxin production
   Deficiency Disease – Goiter

Manganese (Mn)
   Food source - Tea, nuts and spices
   Needed for - Bone development and enzyme activation
   Deficiency Disease - Irregular growth of bones

Chromium (Cr)
   Food source - Meat and cereals
   Needed for - Uptake of glucose
   Deficiency Disease - Irregular metabolism