Major minerals are needed in amounts of greater than 100 milligrams per day, and the daily need for some of these minerals is more than 1000 milligrams.
What are major minerals?
- Major minerals or macro minerals are those which are required and stored in large quantities in the body.
- The 7 major minerals are sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sulfur and chloride.
- Many of these macro minerals work together to keep your body healthy and functioning.
- Calcium and phosphorus strengthen teeth and bones.
- Sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium work together to make sure that signals are transmitted through nerves properly.
- The trace elements are those which are necessary for the proper functioning of the body but are required in less quantity than major minerals.
- These are iron, copper, zinc, cobalt, manganese, iodine etc.
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