Chapter 8: Minerals

To retain minerals while cooking plant food?

Always steam

What two minerals are major components of bones?

Potassium and calcium or phosphorus

What vitamin enhances absorption of calcium?

Vitamin D

How does oxalic acid affect calcium absorption?

Prevents it from absorbing

Which food is most likely to enhance absorption of iron?

Vitamin C rich foods and whole grains

Which mineral is responsible for affecting the normal functioning of the thyroid gland?

Iodine

What is a major role of zinc in the body?

essential for growth and wound healing

Which mineral is associated with glucose metabolism?

Chromium

Which mineral is vital to both hard and soft body tissue?

Magnesium

Where can you find the best source of copper?

organ meats, shellfish, legumes, nuts, cocoa and whole grain cereal

Where does 1% of calcium go when absorbed by the body?

Blood

What factor can reduce the amount of calcium absorbed into the body?

lack of weight nearing exercise

Which mineral deficiency may results in rickets

Calcium deficiency

Which mineral aids calcium in the formation of strong bones and teeth?

phosphorus

Insufficiency of this mineral may result in muscle tetany, what is it?

Calcium

Which mineral aids in the process of blood clotting?

Magnesium

What mineral deficiency may result in dwarfism and poor wound healing?

Zinc

What may occur as a result of dehydration?

hyperkalemia

What mineral’s absorption affected by excessive use of antiacids?

phosphorus

What is wilson’s disease

results from too much copper

Major minerals are required in amounts greater than?

greater than 100mg a day

Which mineral is the most prevalent mineral in the body?

Calcium

Bone mass in acquired until one is approximately how old?

30 years old

Which major mineral is required for transmission of nerve impulses?

potassium

What is hemochromatosis?

due to an inborn error of metabolism and causes extreme absorption of iron