2006-09-19 13:41:33 · 4 answers · asked by luis m 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Go to your search engine and type in "list of vitamins" and then "list of minerals" so you can get all the information you need.
2006-09-19 13:44:33 · answer #1 · answered by trainer53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Minerals comes directly from the earth. Vitamins from food products.
2006-09-19 20:52:11 · answer #2 · answered by tiger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vitamins and minerals are different. Vitamins ("vita" = life and "amine" = containing nitrogen) are organic (containing carbon, which is an element found in all living things) compounds (containing atoms of one or more different elements). Minerals are pure inorganic elements (containing atoms of the same element), meaning they are much simpler in chemical form than vitamins. All vitamins are essential or required by our bodies, whereas only some minerals are essential nutrients. Vitamins are vulnerable to heat, light, and chemical agents, so cooking, food preparation, processing, and storage must be appropriate to preserve vitamins in food. Minerals, on the other hand, are more stable to food preparation, but mineral loss can occur when they are bound to other substances in foods (such as oxalates found in spinach and tea, and phytates found in legumes and grains), making them unavailable for the body to utilize.
2006-09-19 20:51:05 · answer #3 · answered by misen55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look it up online....im not your mom that you can have everythin on your plate
2006-09-19 20:48:41 · answer #4 · answered by priyapriteshpatel 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋