Food and Nutrition- Minerals
- Created by: Abbie Broadbent
- Created on: 28-03-13 11:00
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- Minerals
- Potassium
- works with sodium, allows nerves and muscles to work, could prevent high blood pressure
- dried fruit, pulses, yeast extract, fruit juices
- works with sodium, allows nerves and muscles to work, could prevent high blood pressure
- Calcium
- works with phosphorus to give hardness and strength to bones and teeth, helps blood clot after injury
- milk, cheese, white bread, bones of canned fish
- works with phosphorus to give hardness and strength to bones and teeth, helps blood clot after injury
- Iodine
- needed for development of nervous system of a foetus
- seafood, milk, meat and eggs
- needed for development of nervous system of a foetus
- Iron
- important part of haemoglobin, produces energy and helps maintain cell functions
- helps transport oxygen to all parts of the body
- Liver, Kidney, cocoa, dried fruit, pulses.
- Sodium
- maintains extra-cellular fluids in the body.
- naturally in most fish, added to most manufactured food
- maintains extra-cellular fluids in the body.
- Phosphorus
- aids formation of bones and development of teeth, provides energy
- cereal products, nuts, meat, bananas and fish
- aids formation of bones and development of teeth, provides energy
- Fluoride
- helps calcium stay in bones and teeth, combines with tooth enamel to protect teeth
- seafood, fluoridated water
- helps calcium stay in bones and teeth, combines with tooth enamel to protect teeth
- Potassium
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