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Minerals

Minerals are important for your body to stay healthy. Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including keeping your bones, muscles, heart, and brain working properly. Minerals are also important for making enzymes and hormones.

There are two kinds of minerals: macrominerals and trace minerals. You need larger amounts of macrominerals. They include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur. You only need small amounts of trace minerals. They include iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride and selenium.

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  1. Minerals (National Library of Medicine)  
    Minerals are important for your body to stay healthy. Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including keeping your bones, muscles, heart, and brain working properly. Minerals are also important for making enzymes and hormones. ...
  2. Bone Density (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... bones are important for your health. A bone mineral density (BMD) test is the best way to ...
  3. Mineral oil is a liquid oil made from petroleum. Mineral oil overdose occurs when someone swallows a large ... Mineral oil can be poisonous in large amounts.
  4. Mineral and Bone Disorder in Chronic Kidney Disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Chronic Kidney Disease/Related Issues ... Chronic Kidney Disease ... Dialysis/Related Issues ... Dialysis ... Parathyroid Disorders/Related Issues ... Parathyroid Disorders ... Kidney ...
  5. Mineral spirits are liquid chemicals used to thin paint and as a degreaser. Mineral spirits poisoning occurs when someone swallows or breathes ...
  6. Dietary Supplements (National Library of Medicine)  
    Dietary supplements are vitamins, minerals, herbs, and many other products. They can come as pills, capsules, powders, drinks, and energy bars. Supplements do not have ...
  7. A bone mineral density (BMD) test measures how much calcium and other types of minerals are in an area of your bone. This ... Bone mineral density (BMD) tests are used to: Diagnose bone loss and osteoporosis See how well osteoporosis medicine is ...
  8. Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)  
    Information on multivitamin/mineral (MVM) supplements. Learn about their use, health effects, safety, and selection here.
  9. Vitamins and Minerals for Older Adults From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging)  
    Nutrition for Older Adults/Specifics ... Nutrition for Older Adults ... From the National Institutes of Health ... National Institute on Aging ... Older adults may have different ...
  10. Vitamins and Minerals (Nemours Foundation)  
    Vitamins/Teenagers ... Vitamins ... Minerals/Teenagers ... Minerals ... Nemours Foundation ... vitamins, minerals, nutrients, dietary supplements, vitamin a, k, c, b12, water- ...
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