Food elements

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2. In combination with calcium it is necessary for the formation of bones and teeth
5. This element enters the food chain thanks to the plants, and humans store it as proteins mainly.
6. Milk and derivatives are an important source of this metallic ion
8. It is necessary for connective tissues like tendons, cartilage, blood vessels, nails, skin and hair.
10. Foods naturally high in it include chocolate, soy beans, nuts, and oatmeal
11. It is essential for oxygen transport, but an overdose of it can lead to liver cirrhosis and diabetes
13. The tipical stench of burnt hair indicates the presence of this element.
17. After calcium, it is the most abundant metal ion mineral water
18. It completes the valences of carbon in all food substances
20. It is found in common cooking salt
21. It is the key element in cyanocobalamine or vitamine B-12
22. it enhances the osmotic resistance of red blood cells
23. It is taken especially through buckwheat, soybeans, olive oil, sunflower oil, eggs and apples

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1. Essential for the defense from the free radicals
2. It is necessary for the functioning of muscles, the transmission of nerve impulses and for the metabolism of carbohydrates and proteins.
3. Some special potatoes are rich in this antiage element that fights free radicals
4. Cofactor in three key proteins at least: the molecule of insulin, the enzyme that breaks down alcohol in the stomach, and carbonic anhydrase, that is enzyme that permits elimination of carbon dioxide from lungs-blood.
7. It blocks the proliferation of bacteria responsible for tooth decay, and if taken during enamel formation, makes it more resistant.
9. It is demanded for the formation and the maintenance of the myelin (protective layer that covers neurons)
12. Elementary substance that burns food and allows us to survive.
14. Look here what happens without this element intake.
15. It is combined with hydrogen in the acid component of gastric juice
16. The atoms of this element are part of the chains of the molecules of all types of food, especially in the lipidic ones
19. Ions of this elements are required to facilitate the transport of insulin, and its lack in diet give rise to a form of diabetes