Micronutrients are nutrients that plants, animals, and humans require in tiny amounts. Micronutrients include vitamins, minerals, and essential amino acids. Micronutrients play a central role in the function of all cells (including neurons) as well as in regulating metabolism, gene expression, and development.
The importance of micronutrients
Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals, which are essential for many functions in the body. Some micronutrients are fat-soluble and others are water-soluble; these terms mean that they dissolve in either fat or water (respectively). Fat-soluble vitamins and minerals are absorbed in the small intestine, then stored in your liver until you need them again. Water-soluble vitamins and minerals are absorbed by cells throughout your body, so they can't be stored like their fat-soluble counterparts--they must be replenished every day!
Micronutrients also have many different roles within our bodies: They help maintain healthy skin; assist with growth; promote normal development of bones, muscles, nerves & tissue; aid digestion; protect against oxidative damage caused by free radicals (which can lead to cancer); boost immune function...and more!
Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays an important role in maintaining healthy eyes, skin, and immune systems. It's also needed for the growth and development of bones.
Vitamin A can be found in meat, fish, dairy products, and vegetables such as carrots or spinach. The body stores excess amounts of vitamin A in the liver but only for a limited time so it's important to keep getting enough every day through diet or supplements if required (vitamin A toxicity may occur if you take too much).
If you don't get enough vitamin A over time then symptoms such as night blindness, dry skin, and unexplained weight loss may occur along with depression in severe cases of deficiency syndrome known as xerophthalmia (XER).
Vitamin B1 (thiamin)
Vitamin B1 (thiamin) is an essential vitamin that helps convert carbohydrates into energy. Thiamin deficiency can lead to muscle weakness, numbness, and tingling in the arms and legs.
The recommended daily intake for thiamin is 1mg for adults over 19 years old; however, most people get enough from their diet without having to supplement it with additional vitamins.
Thiamin deficiency can occur when you don't eat a balanced diet containing whole grains, legumes, or potatoes regularly--these foods are good sources of thiamin along with pork (especially organ meats like kidneys).
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is a water-soluble vitamin that helps the body convert food into energy. It's found in dairy products, eggs, and certain meats. Riboflavin helps maintain healthy skin, hair, and nails by keeping them soft and flexible. It also plays an important role in the production of antibodies (proteins made by your immune system to fight off germs).
Riboflavin deficiencies can lead to a sore throat or lesions on the mouth or tongue.
Niacin
Niacin is a water-soluble B vitamin that is also known as nicotinic acid. It's essential for the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates. Niacin deficiency can cause dementia, depression, pellagra (rough skin), and tongue inflammation.
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin that helps with the metabolism of protein, fat, and carbohydrates. It also helps to convert food into energy, produce red blood cells, maintain healthy skin and hair, promote the production of hormones and neurotransmitters (chemical messengers that carry signals between nerve cells), prevent pellagra (a condition causing skin lesions or diarrhea), essential for a healthy nervous system.
Vitamin B6 can be found in fruits such as bananas; vegetables like spinach; meats such as chicken breast; whole grains like brown rice.[5]
Folacin (folic acid)
Folate, also known as folic acid, is a B vitamin that helps to prevent anemia. Folate is essential for the production of red blood cells and plays an important role in DNA synthesis. It's found in leafy green vegetables such as spinach and kale; beans; peas; lentils; chickpeas (garbanzo beans); nuts like almonds or walnuts; seeds like pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds--and even orange juice!
Folic acid deficiency can cause megaloblastic anemia (an excess of large red blood cells), which can lead to fatigue and weakness because you don't have enough oxygen-carrying hemoglobin circulating through your body's tissues. Symptoms may also include shortness of breath when exercising or climbing stairs due to decreased oxygen delivery capacity at higher altitudes where there is less air pressure available per breath taken by humans living there while they are running around trying not to fall down because they're dizzy from lack oxygenation caused by low hemoglobin levels due to inadequate intake levels during childhood development stages before birth happened so now we need supplements instead...
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 is one of the eight essential vitamins, and it's important for several different body functions. For example:
- Vitamin B12 helps form red blood cells that transport oxygen throughout your body. Without enough vitamin B12, you can experience fatigue, weakness, or shortness of breath--symptoms that are especially common in people with low levels of this essential nutrient.
- Vitamin B12 also helps form DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), which carries your genetic information. Without enough vitamin B12 in your diet, cells will not be able to divide properly and may die off before their time--leading to a greater risk for certain diseases like cancerous tumors or neurological disorders such as dementia later on down the line!
- In addition to helping maintain healthy nerve function throughout life by supporting cell growth within nerves themselves while also helping prevent damage caused by free radicals (harmful molecules produced by oxidation reactions within our bodies).
Choline, Lecithin, and Inositol
Choline is an essential nutrient that is important for a variety of functions in the body. It's found in egg yolks, beef, pork, and chicken liver; soybeans; peanuts; cauliflower; broccoli; spinach; whole grains, and wheat germ.
The body uses choline to make acetylcholine which plays an important role in memory formation by transmitting nerve signals across synapses--the junctions between nerve cells. Choline is also used to make phosphatidylcholine which is part of cell membranes or outer layers around all cells in your body including those found inside your brain (neurons).
Minerals
Minerals are a group of elements that are essential to life. They're found in the soil and water, and they can also be obtained from some foods.
Your body needs minerals to build bones and muscles, help your heart beat regularly, regulate your body temperature (when you sweat), keep your blood sugar levels stable (so you don't get hungry), make cell membranes strong enough to hold together organ systems like the brain or heart--and much more!
There are more than 50 different minerals in the human body; some examples include calcium for bone health; iron for transporting oxygen throughout our bodies; iodine for healthy thyroid function; magnesium for muscle relaxation/relaxation during sleep...you get it! You need them all!
Micronutrients play an important role in your health.
Micronutrients play an important role in your health. They are essential for life and growth, and they help the body to function normally. Micronutrients can be used as energy by cells, tissues, and organs; they also play important roles in wound healing, immune system function, and normal growth and development.
Vitamins A (retinol), D (calciferol), E (tocopherol) & K are fat-soluble vitamins; B1(thiamine), B2(riboflavin), B3(niacinamide), B5(pantothenic acid) & B6 are water-soluble vitamins; C+folate+biotin+choline+pantothenate form vitamin complexes; minerals include calcium phosphate magnesium iron potassium sodium chloride zinc sulfur selenium iodine manganese sodium fluoride phosphorus chromium cobalt nickel molybdenum vanadium zirconium tungsten titanium beryllium lithium tin lead cesium barium strontium rubidium radon thorium uranium americium plutonium radium polonium actinide series elements
Conclusion
Micronutrients are essential to your health and well-being. They help with a variety of functions in the body, including digestion, absorption of food nutrients, nervous system function, and even reproduction. You can get these vitamins and minerals from food sources like fruits and vegetables, but sometimes people need more than what's available in their diet alone. That's why it's important to make sure that you're getting enough micronutrients every day through supplements or multivitamins!
