Minerals

Question 1

What is the RDI of calcium?

Answer 1

1000-1300mg

Question 2

What is malignant hyperthermia?

Answer 2

Over release of Ca in muscle causing depletion of ATP supply and damage

Question 2

Why do men need more zinc than women?

Answer 2

Making sperm

Question 2

Menke’s disease is a deficiency of what?

Answer 2

Cu > due to mutation that prevents release of Cu from enterocytes

Question 3

What are the signs of haemachromotosis?

Answer 3

Reddening of skin

Liver cirrhosis

Diabetes mellitus

Question 4

What is a major precipitator of Ca stones in the kidney?

Answer 4

Dehydration

Question 5

How does phosphorus deficiency present?

Answer 5

Muscle weakness

Bone pain

Question 6

Where is most of the phosphorus in the body?

Answer 6

In bones

Question 8

What is a possible result of hypercalaemia?

Answer 8

Kidney stones

Question 9

When is Mg used therapeutically?

Answer 9

Cramps

Laxative

Question 10

How does calcitonin effect Ca levels?

Answer 10

Reduces it > Stimulates osteoblasts to make bone

Question 11

In what molecule is iron stored? In what is it transferred around the body?

Answer 11

Ferritin

Transferrin

Question 13

What are the 3 most abundant minerals in the body?

Answer 13

Ca

Phosphorus

Potassium

Question 14

What is the most common presentation of magnesium deficiency?

Answer 14

Cramping

Question 15

Too much sulphur can lead to what?

Answer 15

Heart stopping

Question 16

What is the most common result of a mineral deficiency in children?

Answer 16

Failure to grow and thrive