1. Minerals and Water
Inorganic substances that make up about 4% of your body weight.
Become part of your body structure such as teeth, bones, soft tissues and body fluids.
Often work w/vitamins
Vital for good health

2. Calcium Needed for strong bones and teeth
Works with phosphorus and Vitamin D
Best Sources
Milk, Yogurt, Cheese
Deficiency - Osteoporosis

3. Phosphorus Second most abundant mineral in milk
Helps build strong bones and teeth
Aids body in storing and releasing energy
Best sources
Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and milk products

4. Iron Essential for hemoglobin in the blood Best sources
Dried beans and peas
Leafy greens
Lean meats
Liver
Deficiency - Anemia
Hemoglobin is substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen to all body cells.

5. Iodine Promotes normal function of thyroid gland Best sources
Iodized table salt
Saltwater fish
Shellfish
Deificiency - Goiter

6. Water 55% - 75% of your body weight
Water is a solvent necessary in the production of and maintaining body cells.
Lubricates body joints
Water is a heat regulator.
It helps the body temperature
to stay the same.

7. Water is used to move nutrients through the digestive tract.
Water is needed to remove and waste products.
Without sufficient water, fiber does
no good. Fiber absorbs water thus
allowing waste products to move
freely through the digestive tract,
and thus preventing toxic waste
from accumulating.

8. Potassium, Sodium & Chloride
Electrolytes
Group of minerals that works together to maintain the body’s fluid balance.
Potassium, Sodium & Chloride

9. Other Deficiencies Protein: Kwashiorkor – Fatigue, lethargy,
irratability. Loss of muscle mass.
Thiamin: Beriberi- Damage to heart and nervous system.
Niacin: Pellagra - Skin sores, diarrhea, dementia.
Vitamin C: Scurvy – Anemia, gum disease,weakness.
Vitamin A: Night blindness – trouble seeing in low light