Elementos En El Cuerpo Y Compuestos En Alimentación

Oxygen: It is necessary in humans to transform fats, carbohydrates and proteins

Carbon: It is the base of the carbohydrates, proteins and fats

Nitrogen: it forms a part structurally of proteins. This one is in the air in big quantities.

Calsium:blood coagulation, the function of the nerves and muscles.

Phosphorous: This is the second in mineral concentration in the body.

Iron: Hemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissue.

Magnesium: found in the bones and intracellular fluids, acts as enzimáto factor

Potassium: it serves to support the osmotic pressure, specially to the interior of the cells

Na: involved in the regulation of fluid balance causing water retention in the body

chlorine: It controls as regulator of the acid balance / base of the liquids of the organism.

Effects of excess:The element gases oxygen,nitrogen in excess hurts the lungs, lack of clacium produces osteoporosis and excess of sodium can produces hypertention.

Uses and effects of compounds:

Water for cleaning or to drink doesn´t hurt the organism.

sodium chloride: for food. In exceses retains more nfluids in excess of the required.

Sugar: to prepare sweets, biscuits, can unbalanced the homeostasis in the body

Alcohol:to prevent infection, in can affect the brain balance and organs

Citric acid: to prepare juices, have effects, only in excess in the organism

Milk: for feeding mammals, don have effects

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