Vitamins are essential substances that our body needs in order to grow, develop normally and maintain its functions. This video covers vitamins A, B, C and D and their functions in the human body, ways where we can obtain them in our diet and the health outcomes when there is a deficiency in our body.
The ABCD’s of vitamins
Micronutrition Pt 1 - Vitamins and Minerals
fter 5 minutes you should have a broad understanding of what vitamins and minerals ACTUALLY are and why they're essential to our diet. To find out more about their uses in medicine and health promotion, click on the informative links below!
Biology MineralsIn this video I will discuss 15 important minerals of the human body. A mineral is an inorganic nutrient which means it lacks carbon. Minerals build cells, take part in chemical reactions, send nerve impulses, and carry oxygen. Your body cannot produce any of the minerals that it needs. Instead, you must get minerals from the foods you eat.
Minerals are one of the four groups of essential nutrients, the others of which are vitamins, essential fatty acids, and essential amino acids.
Macrominerals are used in large quantities
Trace minerals are used in very small amounts
List of 15 minerals covered
Potassium
Chlorine
Manganese
Copper
Iodine
Chromium
Molybdenum
Selenium
Cobalt