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Minerals
- Iron
- essential for heamoglobin production
- helps the uptake of oxygen to be transported
- Sources
- liver
- red meat
- beans
- eggs
- bread
- leafy green vegetables
- liver
- Deficiency
- anaemia
- tiredness
- reduced resistance to infection
- reduced haemoglobin production
- oxygen transport is affected
- anaemia
- essential for heamoglobin production
- Calcium
- important for teeth and bones
- needed for muscle contraction
- needed for nerve transmission
- required for blood clotting
- Sources
- milk
- cheese
- leafy green vegetable
- milk
- Deficiency
- weakened bones - rickets
- muscle contraction affected
- nerve transimission reduced
- blood fails to clot
- weakened bones - rickets
- important for teeth and bones
- Phosphorus
- maintenance of bones and teeth
- help maintain cell membrane
structure and chemicla reactions
- Sources
- meat
- fish
- beans
- meat
- Deficiency
- restricted bone growth
- muscle weakness
- restricted bone growth
- maintenance of bones and teeth
- Iodine
- involved in the production of thyroid hormones
- Sources
- seafood
- green vegetables
- milk
- seafood
- Deficiency
- Goitre
- hypothyroidism
- slowed metabolism
- Goitre
- involved in the production of thyroid hormones
- Zinc
- sperm production
- growth
- healing wounds
- blood clotting
- helps with immune system
- Sources
- meat
- eggs
- cereals
- meat
- Deficiency
- weakened immune system
- poor wound healing
- failure to grow
- sperm production restricted
- weakened immune system
- sperm production
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