diff --git a/education/nutrition/Minerals.md b/education/nutrition/Minerals.md index d23162c..a8aff40 100644 --- a/education/nutrition/Minerals.md +++ b/education/nutrition/Minerals.md @@ -1,2 +1,12 @@ - Major minerals are essential mineral elements required in amounts of **100mg or more per day** -- Trace minerals are essential mineral elements required in amounts that are **less than 100mg per day** \ No newline at end of file + +# Trace Minerals +- Trace minerals are essential mineral elements required in amounts that are **less than 100mg per day** +- They still perform vital roles +- Obtaining adequate amounts of them from food is difficult +- **Iron** is the most important trace mineral + - Iron has 4 major roles: + 1. **Oxygen transport** - Needed for production of hemoglobin (red blood cells), myoglobin (muscle cells), and cytochromes (most body cells) + 2. Cell division - Required by an enzyme needed for DNA production + 3. Immune system - Needed for production of lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). Enables neutrophils (another type of white blood cell) to destroy bacteria + 4. Nervous system - Needed to help maintain the myelin sheath that covers parts of certain nerve cells, needed for the production of neurotransmitters (eg, dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine that regulate br) \ No newline at end of file