Know about Micronutrients: Mineral and Vitamins
Micronutrients are different from macronutrients, because, macronutrients are protein, fats, and carbohydrates, humans will eat them in large quantities, and they will provide energy in calories. Macronutrients contribute to the structural benefits and other functions. Whereas the micronutrients are in smaller quantities and humans will take them in smaller quantities in their diet, the source of micronutrients is vegetables and fruits. Micronutrients help to improve the metabolic function for cell survival, deficiency leads to dysfunction of the metabolic process
About Micronutrients?
Micronutrients are two types vitamins and minerals, both have different functions and are very important, Vitamins are we will get from plant sources and animal sources. Minerals are what we will get from the Water and soil sources. Often in our diet, we miss some nutrients either multivitamins or Minerals, and we miss metabolic function.
Functions of Vitamins
As discussed, vitamins are sourced from organic, which are very essential for cellular function and metabolism, these functions include energy production, improved immune function, and other vital functions. A total of 13 different important vitamins are available.
There are water-soluble vitamins that can easily mix with water, these are B vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, and B12) and Vitamin C
Fat Soluble Vitamins A, D, E, and K are easily soluble in fat in our body
The functions of Minerals:
As discussed, earlier minerals’ role is vital for cellular metabolic function. Then after some important minerals I will discuss here please check, these all minerals are from inorganic sources sourced from water and soil. We cannot get them directly we got them from plant sources.
Calcium and phosphorus: These are highly important for healthier teeth and bones.
Magnesium: Magnesium is another mineral that plays a vital role in approx. 300 enzymatic metabolic reactions, along with nerve, cellular, muscle, and nerve functions.
Iron: Iron is important for them to produce hemoglobin, as you know Iron carries oxygen
Zinc: This zinc is very important for immunity support, and faster wound healing and also helps in DNS synthesis
Origins of Micronutrients:
A balanced diet helps your health, generally, we get them from vegetables, fruits, and dairy items, and fresh fruits and vegetables provide good micronutrients. Nutrient absorption decreases as age increases. A healthy lifestyle can affect good nutrient absorption
Fresh vegetables and fresh fruits are good sources of vitamin S like Vitamin C and Vitamin A
Whole grains are available abundantly but they are rich in Vitamin B-Complexes
commonly available for us are Dairy products among which milk Is essential, another source Is calcium and vitamin D
eat is a favorite for most people, meat available Vitamin B-Complexes, and other minerals will be available, and from seafood omega, DHA is abundantly available
Micronutrient difficulty will lead to the disease or disorder
Iron is most important for production of the hemoglobin for anemia, this anemia weakens the body and leads to fatigue, reducing immunity
Vitamin D3, will help us from weak bones, and strengthen the bones
Thyroid problems will come imbalance of the Iodine and affect the metabolism
Vitamin A deficiency can impair immune function and vision.
Vitamin A is another main vitamin that helps us improve immunity and vision problems
Intake of balanced Micronutrients
balanced nutrition is a healthy sign of good health, but sometimes excess intake of nutrients leads to lethal effects, another thing is excess nutrients the body can able to send out through excretory systems, For example, hypervitaminosis, if vitamin D intake is higher can lead to lethal effect, if you take Vitamin A higher amounts can leads to the liver damage and also skeletal bones abnormalities
In what way micronutrients are needed?
Supplementation is essential in case of nutritional deficiency because disease or disorder can happen through some time nutritional deficiencies, Vitamin A deficiencies cause vision, vitamin d3 difficulty causes bone abnormalities, and calcium and phosphorous deficiencies cause bone mineral density imbalance, which may lead to osteoporosis or osteoclast. Supplementation can be taken with the advice of healthcare professionals like doctors dieticians and nutritionists.
Conclusion:
Understanding and managing a healthy lifestyle of nutrient intake is crucial for adapting. For this, there needs to be some understanding of nutritional facts. Also, supplementation helps to replace the deficiency, not for continued consumption. Before taking supplementation, one needs to consult a nutritional expert, and for a healthy lifestyle and diet plan, one needs to consult a dietician or nutritionist.