CLASSIFICATION OF MINERAL AND FIND THAT THE FOOD

Minerals in food 

Minerals are a type of nutrient that can be found across the spectrum of our food, although dominant in the plant kingdom. Roughly optimal mineral nutrition requires 16 minerals, 7 which require something larger amounts (macrominerals) and 9 in trace amounts (trace minerals) (see Table):

Table of minerals in food:

Macro Minerals                                                                                        

Sodium : Sea salt, celery, olives, vegetables, meat, cashews, chickpeas, processed.

Potassium: Cereals, fruit, vegetables, avocado, plums, nuts, whole grains.

Chlorine: Salt, seaweed, olives, celery, lettuce, tomatoes, bacon, ham, sausage, cheese, vegetables, yeast.

Calcium: Milk, cheese, cereals, vegetables, sesame seeds, nuts.

Phosphorus:  Animal protein, eggs, seeds and fruits.

Magnesium:  Nuts, soy, whole grains, tomatoes, bananas, almonds, cashews, green leafy vegetables, sesame and celery.

Sulfur: eggs, meat, fish, garlic, onions, mushrooms, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels.

Trace Minerals

Iron: Meat, liver, whole grains, fruit, dried apricot, egg yolk, lentils, yeast.

Zinc: Wheat germ, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, yeast, eggs, oysters, whole wheat bread.

Iodine:  Marine Food.

Selenium:  yeast beer, beef, tuna, herring, wheat germ, broccoli, onions, garlic, tomatoes, whole grains.

Copper:  Beef, milk, egg, chicken.

Fluorine:  Asparagus, garlic, oats, almonds, fresh vegetables.

Chrome:  Whole grains, brewer's yeast, mushrooms, beef, liver, black pepper.

Molybdenum: seeds, nuts, legumes, cereals, milk, chicken or lamb.

Manganese: Fresh vegetables, pineapple, seeds, unsalted nuts.