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Lecture 8b MINERALS-I MINOR MINERALS 29 October 2012. IRON FUNCTIONS- OXYGEN TRANSPORT- BLOOD AND MUSCLE SOURCES-RED MEATS, TOFU, BREAD DEFICIENCIES-LOWER IMMUNITY, WEAKNESS FATIGUE, PALE NAILBEDS TOXICITIES-INCREASED INFECTION RISK - ORGAN DAMAGE. ZINC
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Lecture 8b MINERALS-I MINOR MINERALS 29 October 2012
IRON FUNCTIONS- OXYGEN TRANSPORT- BLOOD AND MUSCLE SOURCES-RED MEATS, TOFU, BREAD DEFICIENCIES-LOWER IMMUNITY, WEAKNESS FATIGUE, PALE NAILBEDS TOXICITIES-INCREASED INFECTION RISK -ORGAN DAMAGE
ZINC FUNCTIONS-TISSUE GROWTH AND WOUND HEALING, PART OF MANY ENZYMES IN ENERGY AND NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM IMMUNE FUNCTION, VITAMIN A TRANSPORT, INSULIN FUNCTION SOURCES-MEAT, FISH, POULTRY, BEANS
ZINC DEFICIENCIES-FUNCTION IMPAIRMENT EG ABNORMAL GLUCOSE TRANSPORT TOXICITIES-ELEVATED BAD CHOLESTEROL AND DECREASED GOOD CHOLESTEROL, VOMITING, IMPAIRED CALCIUM ABSORPTION
IODINE FUNCTIONS-PART OF THYROID HORMONES THAT REGULATE GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AND METABOLIC RATE SOURCES-SEAFOOD, IODIZED SALT, BREAD DEFICIENCIES-WEIGHT GAIN, LETHARGY TOXICITIES-ENLARGED THYROID GLAND
SELENIUM FUNCTIONS-ANTIOXIDANT SOURCES-SEAFOOD, LIVER, GRAINS FROM SELENIUM RICH SOIL DEFICIENCIES-HEART DISEASE TOXICITIES-NAUSEA, VOMITING, NERVE DAMAGE
COPPER FUNCTIONS-HEMOGLOBIN FORMATION, PART OF SEVERAL ENZYMES, USED IN ENERGY METABOLISM SOURCES-ORGAN MEATS, SEAFOOD, NUTS DEFICIENCIES- RARE-ANEMIA TOXICITIES-VOMITING, DIARRHEA
MANGANESE FUNCTIONS-PART OF ENZYMES IN FAT SYNTHESIS, GROWTH, AND BLOOD CLOTTING SOURCES -WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN FOODS DEFICIENCIES -RARE TOXICITIES – RARE -NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS
FLUORIDE FUNCTIONS-TOOTH ENAMEL MAINTENANCE, RESISTANCE TO DENTAL DECAY,BONE FORMATION AND INTEGRITY SOURCES-FLUORIDATED WATER(NATURAL OR OTHERWISE, TEA) DEFICIENCIES-TEETH DECAY, OSTEOPOROSIS TOXICITIES –MOTTLING OF TEETH, NAUSEA, VOMITING
CHROMIUM FUNCTIONS-CO-FACTOR FOR INSULIN SOURCES-MEAT, WHOLE GRAIN, NUTS,CHEESE DEFICIENCIES-INSULIN RESISTANCE, IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TOXICITIES-DIETARY UNKNOWN- -OCCUPATIONAL-CHROMIUM DUST-SKIN AND KIDNEY DAMAGE
MOLYBDENUM FUNCTIONS-COMPONENT OF MANY ENZYMES- WORKS WITH RIBOFLAVIN TO INCORPORATE IRON INTO HEMOGLOBIN SOURCES –MILK, LEGUMES, BREAD, GRAINS DEFICIENCIES- UNKNOWN TOXICITIES-OCCUPATIONAL- GOUT LIKE SYMPTOMS