Thank-you, Sam, for posting a link to a very interesting video. I have been salting my food all along, because it has always seemed unreasonable to avoid salt. I guess I will have to start taking vitamins. What I got out of listening to the whole talk was:
Copper is required for growing elastic fibers, so it helps to avoid ruptured aneurysm, and heals arthritis. The first sign of copper deficiency is white, gray or silver hair.
No carbonated drinks, because they increase the likelihood of bone breaks and neutralize stomach acids, which we need to digest our food.
My discovery was explaining why carbonated drinks increase bone breaks and tooth decay. Geology tells us that CO2 dissolved in water, such as rain water, produces carbonic acid, which reacts readily with calcium to form calcium carbonate. In geology this reaction produces limestone caves. In human biology it produces Dental caries and and bone porosity (ie. Arthritis). Additionally, the calcium carbonate precipitates out in the kidneys and bladder to form kidney stones.
Chromium and vanadium are for treating type 2 diabetes.
Selenium deficiency produces?
Leg craps and osteoporosis are caused by calcium deficiency. I have had leg cramps for years.
Asthma and allergies can be aided with magnesium, manganese & essential fatty acids.
9 essential nutrients
An essential nutrient is a nutrient required for normal human body function that either cannot be synthesized by the body at all, or cannot be synthesized in amounts adequate for good health (e.g. niacin, choline), and thus must be obtained from a dietary source. Essential nutrients are also defined by the collective physiological evidence for their importance in the diet, as represented in e.g. US government approved tables for Dietary Reference Intake.[1]
Some categories of essential nutrients include vitamins, dietary minerals, essential fatty acids, and essential amino acids. Different species have very different essential nutrients. For example, most mammals synthesize their own ascorbic acid, and it is therefore not considered an essential nutrient for such species. It is, however, an essential nutrient for human beings, who require external sources of ascorbic acid (known as Vitamin C in the context of nutrition).
For humans
Fatty acids
See also: Essential fatty acid
Essential fatty acids cannot be synthesized by humans, as humans lack the desaturase enzymes required for their production.
α-Linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3), an omega-3 fatty acid
Linoleic acid (LA, 18:2), an omega-6 fatty acid
α-Linolenic acid is not used by the body in its original form. It is converted by the body into the required long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6). EPA and DHA can also be consumed from a direct source by consuming fish or fish oil.
Linoleic acid is not used by the body in its original form either. It is converted by the body into the required long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids gamma-linolenic acid (GLA, 18:3), dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA, 20:3) and arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4).
Omega-9 fatty acids are not essential in humans, because humans generally possess all the enzymes required for their synthesis.
Amino acids
See also: Essential amino acid
Isoleucine
Lysine
Leucine
Methionine
Phenylalanine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Valine
Histidine[3]
Essential amino acids necessary for preterm children but not healthy individuals:
Arginine
Carbohydrates
No carbohydrate is an essential nutrient in humans.[4] Carbohydrates can be synthesized from amino acids and glycerol which is obtained from fats, by de novo synthesis (in this case by gluconeogenesis).
Vitamins
Vitamin A (beta-carotene)
Vitamin Bp (choline)
Vitamin B1 (thiamin)
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin, vitamin G)
Vitamin B3 (niacin, vitamin P, vitamin PP)
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, or pyridoxal)
Vitamin B7 (biotin, vitamin H)
Vitamin B9 (folic acid, folate, vitamin M)
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
Vitamin D (ergocalciferol, or cholecalciferol)
Vitamin E (tocopherol)
Vitamin K (naphthoquinoids)
Dietary minerals
See also: dietary minerals
Calcium (Ca)
Chloride (Cl−)
Chromium (Cr)[5]
Cobalt (Co) (as part of Vitamin B12)
Copper (Cu)
Main article: Copper in health
Iodine (I)
Iron (Fe)
Magnesium (Mg)
Manganese (Mn)
Molybdenum (Mo)
Phosphorus (P)
Potassium (K)
Selenium (Se)
Sodium (Na)
Zinc (Zn)[6]
