Complete presentation including all the vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins and fats required for the maintenance of oral and general health, their dietary sources, daily requirements, functions, effects, deficiency disorders, symptoms and treatment.
Inorganic materials – substances present in ash when food or any living organism cremated Oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen excluded - these form organic compounds and not found in ash Building - Form part of skeleton and all soft tissues Hence, found in rigid body structures (bones) and soft body tissues (muscles) Regulatory function - associated with variety of systems: Heart beat Clotting of blood Maintenance of internal pressure of body fluids Nerve responses Transport of oxygen from lungs to tissues.