Remember learning about vitamins and minerals for the first time? Maybe it was fun and exciting or maybe it was overwhelming - or possibly both. I'll never forget sitting in metabolism class, learning about minerals - metabolism, the pathways, what happens in the body, where the mineral is stored, why we need it, and what happens when we don't get enough.
Regardless of how you felt, there's a lot of them. And remembering all of them isn't easy.
So I separated them into two episodes - one on vitamins and one on minerals. In this episode, I cover the minerals - both the major and trace minerals.
Normally, you'd have a whole semester on micronutrients so this episode is a summary - a review.
This is what you'll learn in this episode:
A review of the major minerals, electrolytes, and complications that happen when the levels are elevated or depleted
A breakdown of the trace minerals - the role, food sources, deficiency, and toxicity symptoms
Here's a glance at this episode:
[08:30] – Why elevated potassium levels need to be addressed and the dangers of elevated potassium levels
[10:30] – Symptoms of hyponatremia and what I used to see in my patients when I worked in pediatrics
[11:45] – A review of the symptoms of hypernatremia
[13:35] – An overview of magnesium including hypomagnesemia and hypermagnesemia.
[16:59] – Phosphorous, what it is, why it’s important, and where it likes to hang out in the body
[20:17] – The role of calcium and phosphorous in the body and why these two go together – like buddies
[22:37] – A quick review of refeeding syndrome and how the electrolytes reviewed in this episode are connected to refeeding syndrome
[24:48] – What foods interfere with iron absorption
[34:20] – The role of zinc especially for people in the clinical setting
[38:38] – Why copper is monitored in people with cholestasis
[47:29] – What’s up with Chromium?
[48:39] – Fluoride, the tooth mineral
[50:01] – Molybdenum - not only fun to say. You'll hear about a case study of a rare genetic condition involving molybdenum
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