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"Dietary Minerals" are the chemical elements
required by living organisms, other than the four elements Carbon, Hydrogen,
Nitrogen, and Oxygen which are omnipresent in organic molecules. They can be
either bulk minerals (required in relatively large amounts) or trace
minerals (required only in minute amounts).
These can be naturally occurring in food or added in elemental or mineral
form, such as calcium carbonate or sodium chloride. Some of these additives
come from natural sources such as ground oyster shells. Sometimes minerals
are added to the diet separately from food, as vitamin and mineral
supplements and in dirt eating, called pica or geophagy. [more] |
Appropriate intake levels of each dietary mineral must be
sustained to maintain physical health. Excessive intake of a dietary mineral may
either lead to illness directly or indirectly because of the competitive nature
between mineral levels in the body. For example, large doses of zinc are not
really harmful unto themselves, but will lead to a harmful copper deficiency
(unless compensated for, as in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study).
Soils in different geographic areas contain varying quantities
of minerals.
| Dairy products and green leafy vegetables for calcium
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| Nuts, soy beans, and cocoa for magnesium
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| Table salt (sodium chloride, the main source), sea
vegetables, milk, and spinach for sodium |
| Legumes, whole grains, potatoes, and bananas for potassium
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| Table salt is the main dietary source for chlorine
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| Meat, eggs, and legumes for sulfur
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| Red meat, leafy vegetables for iron
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A large body of research suggests that humans often can
benefit from mineral supplementation. This is especially true for humans
consuming a low variety of foods. Vitamins and minerals are interdependent,
requiring the presence of one another for full benefit; taking a multivitamin
without minerals is not nearly as effective as taking one with minerals.
Extensive university research also demonstrates that the most bioavailable form
of supplemental mineral is the chelated mineral (one that is bonded to a
specific-size amino acid).
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