Minerals

Question 1

What are minerals?

Answer 1

Minerals are the basic elements of matter. The smallest basic component

Question 2

What are the MACRO minerals?

Answer 2

Minerals that make >0.01% of our body
Calcium - Ca
Phosphorous - P
Potassium - K
Silicon - Si
Sodium - Na
Chlorine - Cl
Magnesium - Mg
Sulfur - S

Question 3

What are the main trace minerals?

Answer 3

minerals that make up <0.01% of our body
Iron
Fluoride
Zinc
Rubidium
Strontium
Bromide 
Copper

• B, Ba, Co, I, Mn, Se, Mo, As, Cr

Question 4

What are the primary heavy metals?

Answer 4

Lead
Aluminum
Cadmium
Mercury

Question 5

What essential minerals are toxic when in high levels?

Answer 5

Copper
Arsenic
Chromium
Iron

Question 6

What are Essential minerals?

Answer 6

All minerals are considered essential. They cannot be produced

Question 7

What minerals does Calcium interfere with ?

Answer 7

Magnesium
Phosphorous
Zinc
Manganese

Question 8

What minerals can Zinc reduce?

Answer 8

Iron
Copper
Phosphorous

Question 9

Calcium

Answer 9

• Most abundant mineral in the human body
• helps form bones and teeth and give them strength
• calcium comes from bones
• needed for muscle contractions, including heart contractions, Mg stimulates relaxation
• help trigger the release of neurotransmitter
• essential for cell division
• competes with P and Mg for absorption
• Vit D increases Ca absorption

Question 10

Chlorine/ Chloride

Answer 10

• Actually is a poisonous gas, but usually joined with Na (ie. salt)
• helps generate osmotic pressure of body fluids
• key component of HCL (stomach acid)
• helps maintain acid/alkali balance in the body. Kidney excretes NaCl to balance

Question 11

Magnesium

Answer 11

• “Anti-stress” mineral.
• Natural tranquilizer that relaxes skeletal muscles as well as smooth muscles in the GI tract
• essential for proper heart function and prevention os spasms and heart attacks

Question 12

Phosphorous

Answer 12

• Present in all cell, but 95% in bones and teeth
• Key mineral in ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
• component of phospholipids that makes up cell membranes and sphingolipids used in the nervous system
• supports kidney acid/alkali balance

too much P can affect Ca metabolism leading to calcification of soft tissue and parathyroid hormone imbalance

Question 13

What minerals interfere with Phosphorous absorption?

Answer 13

Magnesium
Aluminum
Iron