Characteristics of nutrients

• The smallest amount of essential minerals
• Approximately 2 mg is present in the body
• It is hardly absorbed and almost excreted
• Ingestion with vitamin C increases absorption rate
• It is widely included in millet, vegetables, meat, fish, etc.
• Trivalent chromium and hexavalent chromium are present
• Food contains mostly trivalent chromium

Function of nutrients

• Enhancement of insulin action
• Decrease in cholesterol level
• Regulation of lipids in the blood
• Involved in various metabolism in the body
• Prevent night blindness

When nutrients are deficient

• There is no worry of deficiency in normal diet
• Diabetes, weight loss, peripheral neuropathy, stupor, corneal disorders etc.

When nutrients overdose

• There is no worry that excessive symptoms will develop in normal diet
• Please be aware of hypernutrition due to dietary supplements
• Headache, insomnia, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain
• Renal disorder, hepatic disorder, hematopoietic disorder, central nervous disorder etc.

Foods rich in nutrients

Summary

• The minimum amount of essential minerals (about 2 mg in the body)
• Absorption rate rises with vitamin C and ingestion
• Lack in normal eating habits, without worrying about excess
• Be aware of excess supplementation
• Trivalent chromium and hexavalent chromium are present
• Trivalent chromium

Remarks

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