Mineral Facts
- Stimulates the thyroid gland
- A deficiency may cause obesity, sluggish metabolism
- Needed to utilize fat
- A constituent of insulin
- A constituent of male reproductive fluid
- Combines with phosphorus to aid in respiration
- Improves vitamin action
- Helps food become absorbed through intestinal tract
- Essential to nucleic acid metabolism
- Used up fast in patients with major burns
- Deficiency may be a factor in hardening of arteries
- Acts as a starter for some chemical reactions
- Sleep promoting material
- Keeps you cool and calm
- Relaxes your nerves
Manganese
- Helps food in the digestive process
- Aids in nerve health
- Found to be deficient in alcoholism
- Works with B vitamins to provide energy
- Helps maintain a normal water balance
- Provides strength to your muscles
- Deficiency may cause stomach gas
- Helps process amino acids
- Assists in the formation of stomach acids
- Joins with chlorine to improve blood quality
Molybednum
- Possible role in iron metabolism
- Is deficient in dental caries
- Necessary for normal glucose metabolism
- Deficiency may be related to adult diabetes
- Deficiency may be caused by excess of white sugar
- Often deficient in pregnancies and malnutrition
- Must be present to convert iron into hemoglobin
- May prevent general weakness
- Deficiencies occur in pregnancies
- May prevent impaired respiration
- Works with sodium to regulate heartbeat
- Joins with phosphorus to send oxygen to the brain
- Stimulates the kidneys to dispose of body wastes
- Deficiency may cause constipation and insomnia
- Needed for blood clotting
- Needed to activate enzymes
- Relaxes heart muscle
- Prevents osteoporosis
- Needed to help transport nerve impulses
- Needed to prevent anemia
- Carries oxygen to the brain
- Deficiency may be implicated in a poor memory
See also: Nutritional Guideline Glossary
