Mineral nutrients are needed in the body and come from the foods we eat. They play important roles like building bones, cell membranes, and teeth or functioning as electrolytes, even though the body cannot manufacture them. The document lists several key minerals like calcium, chlorine, copper, iodine, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, and zinc and discusses their functions and major food sources.

2. •There are mineral nutrients needed in the body.
•They came from the food we eat.
•They are not manufactured by the body although
found in body tissues and fluids.
•The minerals have role in the body system.

4. • Bones • Cell Membranes • Teeth

5. Food Sources
• Milk • Cheese • Seafood

6. Chlorine
Extracellular Electrolyte

7. Food Sources
• Salt • Seafood

8. Copper
Red Blood Cells

9. Food Sources
• Nuts • Shellfish • Liver

10. Iodine
Thyroid

11. Food Source
Iodized Salt

12. Iron

13. Food Sources

17. Phosphorus
Bones Cell Membrane Teeth

18. Food sources
Protein rich Foods

19. Potassium

20. Food Sources

21. Bones Extracellular Electrolyte

23. Sulfur
Components of some proteins

24. Food Sources
Protein-rich foods

25. Zinc

26. Food Sources