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Why do you measure minerals and vitamins in small units like micrograms?
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∙ 11y ago
These are the scale of mass used in the body's chemical reactions.
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What do you get vitamins and minerals from?
vitamins and minerals are nutrients that you can get in small quantity from fruits and vegetables,and they are beneficial for the human body.
What stores glycogen vitamins and minerals?
The liver is the body organ that stores glycogen, vitamins and minerals. The minerals and vitamins are some of the nutrients that we get in small quantities from the vegetables and fruits.
Why are vitamins and nutrients called micronutrients?
Vitamins and minerals are only required in the diet in very small amounts (milligrams or micrograms, depending on the vitamin or mineral). Macronutrients on the other hand are needed in gram amounts, for example protein or fat.
In the digestive system what absorbs vitamins and minerals?
The Small Intestine
What food provides bees with minerals?
There can be a very small amount of minerals and vitamins (mainly vitamins B and C) in nectar, but this is mainly carbohydrate. Bees also eat pollen, which provides them with protein, lipids, and other vitamins and minerals.
What does not provide any calories but is vital in small amounts?
Vitamins and minerals.
Are vitamins and minerals needed in only small amounts in your body?
yes
A substance that is vital to life in small amounts?
Trace element such as vitamins and/or minerals.
What is units are used tto measure the weight of small object?
Micrograms, milligrams or grams depending on the mass.
Do vitamins and minerals needed by your body in small quantities?
Vitamins and minerals are required for proper growth and functioning of organs, just like they are one of the essential components for the growth ,and being fit.
What do the large and small intestines do?
work together to help you poop and absorb vitamins and minerals from the food you eat..
Why are vitamins and minerals measured in milligrams rather than grams?
Usually because we need such very small amounts of vitamins for our health. Sometimes even in microgram amounts.
