chemistry performance task
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- how many trace elements are in the human body?
- there are 21 but 6 trace elements that are essential.
- and they are Zinc , Copper, Selenium, Chromium, Cobalt, and Iodine.
- give us three trace elements that are essential. Why are they important to human health?
- Copper: plays a very important role in our metabolism largely because it allows many critical enzymes to function properly.
- The metal zinc: is an omnipotent metal that has amphoteric nature. Hence, it is ionized either in acidic or alkaline forms.
- chromium: The need of chromium is for biosynthesis of glucose tolerance factor. The deficiency causes impairment of glucose tolerance while toxicity results in renal failure, dermatitis, and pulmonary cancer.
- what are their sources?
- Chromium is present in many foods, including meats, grain products, fruits, vegetables, nuts, spices, brewer's yeast
- Whole grains and milk products are good sources of zinc.
- Iron is found in animal foods that originally contained hemoglobin, such as red meats, fish, and poultry
- Thank you so much this was so helpful!
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