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Dietary Sodium (Na) Intake and Its Relation to Human Health

Posted on December 13th, 2010 in Circulatory System, Digestive System, Health and Fitness, Health and Weight Issues, Muscular System, Skeletal System, Uncategorized Health Issues and Solutions

Sodium , (Na), is a positive ionic mineral (cation) in the extracellular fluid and a key factor in fluid retention. Together with potassium contribute in the regulation of fluid volume in the intracellular and extracellular cell compartments. As both minerals shift across the cell membranes create electrical potential charges that allows for nerve impulses and [...]

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The Role of Potassium (K) in Health

Posted on December 11th, 2010 in Circulatory System, Health and Fitness, Uncategorized Health Issues and Solutions

Potassium, (K), is an essential mineral mostly found in the intracellular fluid. It constitutes 5 percent of the total mineral content in the body. Like sodium is a primary electrolyte in body fluids. Both functions to regulate fluid distribution on either side of the cell wall keep heartbeat normal and nerve-impulse transmission. Potassium balance in [...]

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Mineral Nutrients Essential for Health

Posted on December 07th, 2010 in Circulatory System, Digestive System, Endocrine System, Health and Fitness, Health and Weight Issues, Muscular System, Nerve System, Psychological Issues, Respiratory System, Skeletal System, Skin and Beauty Issues

Mineral nutrients are non-carbon nutrients or inorganic. These nutrients are present either as cations ( positively charged) or anions (negatively charged). Cations are derivable from metallic elements, including calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, copper, cobalt, chromium, manganese, molybdenum (molybdate), zinc, sodium and selenium (selenate). Nonmetal elements give Anions: chlorine ( chloride), iodine ( iodide) sulfur (sulfate) [...]

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Do You Need a Multi-vitamin Supplement?

Posted on December 04th, 2010 in Circulatory System, Digestive System, Endocrine System, Health and Fitness, Health and Weight Issues, Muscular System, Nerve System, Psychological Issues, Respiratory System, Skeletal System, Skin and Beauty Issues

Although a daily multi-vitamin pill cannot substitute available nutrients in a balanced diet, does it give you partial protection when you drift from that “perfect” diet? In a ideal world you should get all the vitamins and minerals you need from your food, but, for the great majority of us this is not exactly the [...]

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