Minerals in a human body: their role, value and norm

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Human body — the most difficult mechanism, in it everything is among themselves interconnected.

Important small screw of such mechanism — chemical elements.

That is minerals which role we will try to state briefly in this article.

Why to a human body minerals?

Actually, the quantity of minerals in an organism absolutely insignificant, but without them our body will not be normal to function.

Functions of minerals in an organism:

provide acid-base balance and full muscular contraction;
participate in blood formation, a kosteobrazovaniye;
support osmotic pressure;
operate nervous system, influence the immune system;
adjust intracellular breath.

Minerals arrive with oxygen, food, liquid. If their contents is normal, then the person will be healthy.

Important! We live in an eternal stress, in not the best ecological environment therefore surely worry about providing the body with minerals!

Functional and physiological classification

Extremely necessary: iron, zinc, iodine, manganese, copper, molybdenum, selenium, cobalt, chrome.
Conditionally necessary: pine forest, bromine, nickel, vanadium, silicon, fluorine.
Necessary for immunity: iron, manganese, copper, molybdenum, iodine, selenium, zinc, chrome.
Antioxidants: manganese, copper, selenium, zinc, iron.
Activators of tissue respiration: bromine, iodine, copper, nickel, zinc.
Potentially toxic: tin.
Certainly toxic: aluminum.
Immunotoxic: aluminum, nickel, pine forest, tin.

Know: many minerals still are completely not studied, their behavior in different fabrics sometimes differs. Scientists look for the latest indicators for classification also today to improve knowledge of this area.

Value of each microcell in a human body

Each microcell is extremely significant for the person, influencing different parts of an organism. In the offered list the main substances:

Fe. Provides an organism with oxygen, is of importance for a detoxication. Supports the immune system.
Cu. Participates in blood formation, in many reactions of a metabolism. It is a component of antioxidant protection, increases activity of insulin, helps an exit of carbohydrates. Influences formation of collagen, elastin, nervous covers.
Iodine (I). Regulates work of a thyroid gland, hypophysis. It is a component of thyroxine, a triyodtironin. Supports functioning of the central nervous system (CNS), improves brain activity.
Zn. Influences synthesis of men's testosterone, enters women's estrogen, prevents an immunodeficiency, protects from viruses. Heals wounds, normalizes central nervous system. It is necessary for memory.
Mn. Participates in a metabolism. It is important in functioning of gonads, the musculoskeletal device. Prevents thyroid gland deviations, diabetes.
Cr. Regulates exchange of carbohydrates, maintains permeability of cell membranes for glucose. We mean in prevention of diabetes, heart diseases.
Mo. Participates in a detoxication of alien substances. Fluorine detains, prevents caries and also metabolism of iron in a liver. Removes uric acid.
Co. Participates in exchange of fatty acids, carbohydrates. Helps with hemoglobin synthesizing.
Fluorine (F). Helps a kosteobrazovaniye, formation of tooth enamel. Stimulates the haematogenic system, immunity, reparative processes at bone fractures, develops a skeleton. Senile osteoporosis warns.
Se. Increases antioxidant activity of vitamin E. Has anti-mutagen, radio tire-tread properties. Improves a reproductive system, helps a thyroid gland.
Ni. Influences blood formation, participates in oxidation-reduction processes.
Br. Regulates a sexual cycle, influences central nervous system, a thyroid gland.
Vanadium (V). Participates in exchange of carbohydrates and fats, prevents excessive development of cholesterol in blood, lowers in it fat, does not allow to develop to caries, mineralizing teeth.
Pine forest (C). It is necessary for healthy bones, processes of metabolism of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium. Prevents post-menopausal osteoporosis, does muscles stronger, strengthens work of a brain.
Br. Strengthens growth, development of a skeleton. Influences the flavinovy enzymes participating in some oxidation-reduction reactions. Is present at gastric enzyme of a gastrin.
Si. Participates in the reactions providing density of structure of fibrous fabrics, giving them elasticity. The hair, nails is important for skin.
Al. It is necessary for construction bone and connecting tissues, formation of an epithelium.

Whether you know? The most correct quantity and quality of minerals in an organism show … hair! They the first react to their shortcoming.

The recommended daily need for minerals

For the correct work the organism needs continuous consumption of minerals. Of course, daily need of everyone different:

iron — 15 mg;
copper — 2-3 mg;
iodine — 0.1-0.2 mg;
zinc — 10-15 mg;
manganese — 2 mg;
chrome — 0.1-0.2 mg;
molybdenum — 0.05 mg;
cobalt — 0.010-0.015 mg;
fluorine — 2-3 mg;
selenium — 0.15 mg;
nickel — 0.1-0.3 mg;
bromine — 0.5-2 mg (according to other data — 3-8 mg. There are no officially approved standards);
vanadium — 0.05 mg;
pine forest — about 1 mg;
tin — 2-10 mg;
silicon — 3-5 mg;
aluminum — 2-50 mg.

Deficiency of minerals and its clinical manifestations

If in an organism there is a shortcoming any of minerals, it surely affects health.

Hardware.

Sometimes long not healing bleeding becomes the deficiency reason. And the huge lack of iron provokes anemia (anemia) which is shown in deformation of nails, pallor, weakness. Other indicators of deficiency of iron:

rough, dry skin;
painful cracks in mouth corners, on heels;
fragility, dryness of hair;
dryness in a mouth;
frequent colds.

Important! The deficiency of iron is very characteristic of women who bear kids.

Copper.

The shortage of copper — the phenomenon infrequent. Generally it meets at babies who were born prematurely, and people with certain diseases. Vegetarianism and various diets can reduce its quantity too.

Deficiency symptoms of copper:

fatigue, easing of immunity;
loss or posedeniye of hair,
rash;
anemia;
arrhythmia;
osteoporosis;
varicosity.

Iodine.

There is a lot of reasons of a lack of iodine, among them: environmental pollution, lack of consumption of seafood, iodine exchange violation, lack of iodic prevention, use of some drugs, etc.

Deficiency symptoms of iodine:

increase in production of hormones of a thyroid gland;
formation of a craw;
developing of iodine deficiency pathologies: from addition of body weight up to a glukhonemota.

Zinc.

There is a lot of reasons of a lack of zinc: postoperative period, vegetarianism, abuse of alcohol, psoriasis, intestinal parasites, etc.

The deficiency is shown so:

fatigue, problems with a dream;
nervousness, depressions;
deterioration in sight;
loss of flavoring feelings, violation of sense of smell;
lack of appetite, loss of weight;
diarrhea;
anemia;
skin diseases;
damages of nails, hair;
decrease in sexual activity, impotence.

Manganese.

Its shortage meets quite often, its reasons: the small use of the naturprodukt containing manganese, the refined food, a bad ecosituation, big loads of mentality. Symptoms:

weakness, dizziness, vomiting;
decrease of the activity of a brain;
spasms and spasms, muscular and articulate pains;
excess weight;
arthritis;
visual impairments;
skin pigmentation violations;
allergies.

Chrome.

Its shortage provokes atherosclerosis, diabetes, arterial hypertension that is shown in annoyance, constant desire to drink, a memory impairment, and at times even in confusion of consciousness and other signs of violation of central nervous system.

Molybdenum.

Lack of this element — a rarity. But if it arises, there can come serious consequences (defect of a brain or even a lump).

Symptoms:

hyperexcitability, nervousness;
easing/inability to see objects in night-time/twilight lighting;
tachycardia.

Cobalt.

Its shortage can arise because of atrophic gastritises or big blood losses, after surgical interventions on a stomach, a duodenum ulcer, at vegetarians, because of serious physical loadings, at smokers, elderly people.

Main manifestations of shortage:

weakness, fatigue, decrease in memory;
deterioration in appetite;
anemia;
arrhythmia;
violations of central nervous system;
diseases of an endocrine system and lungs.

Fluorine.

There is caries, bones weaken, nails break, hair drop out.

Selenium.

The working capacity goes down, the immunity weakens, often there are colds, skin diseases, wounds slowly heal, the sight falls, impotence develops. Results intake of some drugs (paracetamol, sulfates, drugs against malaria, acetphenetidiene) in deficiency.

Nickel.

Its deficiency happens seldom. For today only one symptom of shortage of nickel — dermatitis is established.

Bromine.

It is shown in delay of growth at children, decrease in hemoglobin in blood, insomnia. The deficiency can increase risk of an abortion, is considerable reduce life expectancy.

Vanadium.

It is shown in the overestimated level of triglycerides and phospholipids, the underestimated cholesterol that provokes diabetes, atherosclerosis.

Pine forest.

The deficiency of a pine forest or violation of its exchange leads to osteoporosis, an urolithic disease, hyperchromic anemia, thrombocytopenia, growth inhibition, decrease in mental capacities.

Tin.

Cases of a lack of a microcell are extremely rare, but they happen. Manifestation of deficiency: violation of mineral balance of internals, deterioration in hearing, growth delay, development of an alopetion (pathological hair loss).

Silicon.

Indicators: weakness of a bone tissue that leads to osteoporosis, changes, loss of hair, increase in level of cholesterol, development of atherosclerosis.