From fb9dd21b96db4f63102d2ec11d79d982626bc869 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: zleyyij <75810274+zleyyij@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:32:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2024-11-19 12:32:21 --- education/nutrition/Minerals.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/education/nutrition/Minerals.md b/education/nutrition/Minerals.md index a8aff40..28e8372 100644 --- a/education/nutrition/Minerals.md +++ b/education/nutrition/Minerals.md @@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ 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 + 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 brain and muscle activity). + - **Heme** is the iron-containing component of hemoglobin and myoglobin. Heme is a type of iron found in our food, food sources provide both heme iron and non-heme iron. + - **Hemoglobin** is the iron-containing protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen **to** cells, and carbon dioxide **away** from tissues. + - Myoglobin is the iron containing protein in red muscle cells that controls oxygen uptake from red blood cells + - Cytochromes are a group of proteins necessary for certain chemical reactions involved in the release of energy from macronutrients + - Heme iron is the form of iron found in meat, and it's absorbed efficiently + - Nonheme iron is a form of iron that's not absorbed as efficiently as heme iron + - Meat, vegtables, grains, supplements, and foritifed or enriched foods \ No newline at end of file