Q.Write the source of 3 micro and 3 macro minerals.

Minerals are inorganic elements the body needs for physiological functions — unlike vitamins and macronutrients, they are not built from carbon chains. The textbook splits them by how much the body needs daily.

Macro-minerals (Table 3.i) are needed in larger amounts: Sodium and Chloride (fluid balance, nerve/muscle function — table salt, soy sauce, processed foods), Potassium (fluid balance, nerve/muscle function — meats, milk, fruits, vegetables), Calcium (bones, teeth, muscle, nerve, blood clotting — milk, fish with bones, greens, pulses), Phosphorus (bones, teeth, acid-base balance — meat, fish, milk), Magnesium (bones, protein synthesis, muscle/nerve function — nuts, pulses, leafy vegetables) and Sulphur (part of protein molecules — meat, fish, eggs, pulses). …