미네랄의 정의와 필요한 이유

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미네랄의 정의
미네랄은 인체에 존재하는 여러 원소 중 대부분이 4종 원소이며 수소, 탄소, 산소, 질소를 제외한 원소를 말한다. 미네랄은 삼투압 조절, 막전위 형성, 신경 전달 등 중요한 생명현상에 영향을 미치고 단백질의 형성에도 심오한 역할을 한다. 

인체에 미네랄의 공급이 원활하지 않으면 여러 생리현상에 장애가 발생하고 만성피로, 두통, 아토피, 불면증 등의 질병에 시달리며 심하면 사망에 이르기도 한다. 그러므로 미네랄은 인체의 성장과 유지 및 생식에 비교적 소량이지만 반드시 필요한 무기질 영양물질인 광물질을 말한다.

미네랄이 필요한 이유

인체의 구성 성분 중에서 미네랄이 차지하는 비율은 체중의 약 4%이나 나머지 96%는 4원소(O. C. H. N)인데, 탄수화물. 지방. 단백질과 같은 대량 영양소가 30% 정도이고, 55~70%는 물과 매우 적은 양의 비타민이다.

탄수화물. 단백질. 지방 일부 비타민은 탄소로 알려진 화학물질의 혼합물로서 생물체 내에서 합성이 가능하지만, 땅에서 나오는 미네랄은 분자구조에 탄소를 함유하고 있지 않으므로 에너지를 내지 못하고 인간을 포함한 지구상의 어떠한 생물체도 합성하지 못하며, 단일원소 그 자체가 바로 영양소이다. 

따라서 미네랄은 식품을 통해서 반드시 섭취되어야 하는 ‘필수 영양소’이다. 인체를 구성하는 원소인 칼슘(Ca)·인(P)·칼륨(K)·나트륨(Na)·염소(Cl)·마그네슘(Mg)·철(Fe)·아이오딘(I)·구리(Cu)·아연(Zn)·코발트(Co)·망가니즈(Mn) 등의 원소는 미량으로도 충분하지만 반드시 필요한 것들이다.

the definition of minerals

Most of the many elements in the human body are quaternary elements, excluding hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen. Minerals affect important life phenomena such as osmotic pressure control, membrane potential formation, and nerve transmission, and play a profound role in the formation of proteins.

Various physiological phenomena can be impaired if minerals are not supplied to the human body, and chronic fatigue, headaches, atopy, and insomnia can lead to death in severe cases. Therefore, minerals are minerals that are relatively small but essential inorganic nutrients for the growth, maintenance, and reproduction of the human body.

Minerals make up about 4% of the body's body weight, but the remaining 96% are 4 elements (O.C.H.N.), which are carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, about 30%, and 55-70% are water and very small amounts of vitamins.

Carbohydrates. Protein. Fat Some vitamins are a mixture of chemicals known as carbon and can be synthesized in living things, but minerals from the ground do not contain carbon in their molecular structure, so they cannot produce energy and cannot synthesize any living things on Earth, including humans, and a single element itself is a nutrient.

Therefore, minerals are essential nutrients that must be consumed through food. Elements such as calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sodium (Na), chlorine (Cl), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), iodine (I), copper (Cu), zinc (Co), cobalt (Mn), and manganese (Mn), which are elements that make up the human body, are sufficient in trace amounts but essential.

矿物质定义

矿物质是指人体内存在的多种元素中，大部分为4种元素，除氢、碳、氧、氮外，其余元素。 矿物质影响渗透压调节、膜电位形成、神经传递等重要生命现象，对蛋白质的形成也起着深远的作用。

如果人体内矿物质供应不畅，各种生理现象就会发生障碍，还会受到慢性疲劳、头痛、过敏性皮炎、失眠等疾病的困扰，严重时甚至会导致死亡。 因此，矿物质是指人体生长、维持和生殖中含量相对较少，但必需的无机营养物质。

需要矿物质的理由在人体的组成成分中矿物质所占的比率约为体重的4%,但剩下的96%是4元素(O.C.H.N),碳水化合物。 脂肪、蛋白质等大量营养素占30%左右,55~70%是水和极少量的维生素。

碳水化合物 脂肪部分维生素是被称为碳的化学物质的混合物,可以在生物体内合成,但地面上的矿物质分子结构不含碳,因此不能产生能量,也不能合成包括人类在内的地球上的任何生物体,单一元素本身就是营养素。

因此，矿物质是必须从食品中摄取的"必需营养素"。 构成人体的元素钙(Ca)、磷(P)、钾(K)、钠(Na)、氯(Cl)、镁(Mg)、铁(Fe)、碘(I)、铜 (Cu) 、锌 (Zn) 、钴 (Co) 、锰 (Mn)等元素微量就足够了,但都是必需的。