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Vitamins and minerals
Vitamins and minerals

 

Natural vitamins are organic substances that the body needs in very small quantities, milligrams or micrograms, but not absent. Because it can not synthesize single body and they must obtain from food. Vitamins are not a source of energy and are not used as building blocks of living matter. They play a vital role in the functioning of enzymes, ensuring deployment of vital processes. Mention some of the most important vitamins: vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, vitamin PP, and more ...
 
Minerals that the body needs relatively large amounts are called macronutrients. This category are: sodium and chlorine, calcium and phosphorus, magnesium and potassium. Minerals that the body needs in very small quantities are called micronutrients. Category microelements are iron, zinc, iodine, fluorine, copper, manganese, selenium, cobalt, chromium, molybdenum. Mineral elements play different roles critical to the body. Controlling sodium and potassium absorption, distribution, retention and disposal and water in the body. Potassium occurs in the normal muscle activity. Calcium and phosphorus are the elements which give bone rigidity characteristic. Calcium plays an essential role in the functioning of muscles and nerves. Iron is an element of prime importance for the formation of hemoglobin in red blood cells. Iodine is an essential component of thyroid hormones which influence decisively intellectual development.
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