chemistry performance task
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- Trace Elements
- Trace elements are minerals present in living tissues in small amounts. Some of them are known to be nutritionally essential, and the remainder is considered to be nonessential.
- What are the six trace elements present in the human body?trace elements of the human body include zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), selenium (Se), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), iodine (I).
- why zinc is important in human health?zinc is needed for the body's defensive (immune) system to properly work. It plays a role in cell division, cell growth, and the breakdown of carbohydrates.
- Sources of zinc: milk products, red meat, oyster, and nuts (such as cashews and almonds).
- why copper is important to human health?It helps maintain healthy bones, blood vessels, nerves, and immune function, and it contributes to iron absorption. Sufficient copper in the diet may help prevent cardiovascular disease.
- shellfish, seeds and nuts, organ meats, wheat-bran cereals, whole-grain products, are good sources of copper.
- why is selenium important to the human body?Selenium is important for reproduction, DNA production, and protecting the body from damage caused by free radicals and from infection.
- Milk, yogurt, beef, turkey chicken, fish, shellfish, and eggs contain high amounts of selenium.
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