Mineral deficiency
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Mineral deficiency refers to a hypoalimentation
of dietary mineral
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Examples include:
Hypoalimentation
Hypoalimentation is a type of nutrition disorder that is associated with nourishment that is inadequate.Examples include malnutrition and avitaminosis....
of dietary mineral
Dietary mineral
Dietary minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen present in common organic molecules. Examples of mineral elements include calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc, and iodine...
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Examples include:
- Zinc deficiencyZinc deficiencyZinc deficiency is insufficient zinc to meet the needs of biological organisms. It can occur in both plants and animals. Zinc deficient soil is soil in which there is insufficient zinc to allow plants to grow normally.-Description:...
- Iron deficiencyIron deficiency (medicine)Iron deficiency is one of the most common of the nutritional deficiencies. Iron is present in all cells in the human body, and has several vital functions...
- Magnesium deficiencyMagnesium deficiency (medicine)Magnesium deficiency refers to an intake of dietary magnesium below minimal levels, which can result in numerous symptoms and diseases. These can generally be remedied by an increase of magnesium in diet or oral supplements...