{"id":300,"date":"2019-08-14T15:21:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T19:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmcched110.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?p=300"},"modified":"2022-08-10T19:21:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:21:06","slug":"micronutrients-vitamins-and-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/2019\/08\/14\/micronutrients-vitamins-and-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Micronutrients &#8211; Vitamins and minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vitamins are organic substances that are either water-soluble or fat-soluble. They have names like Vitamin A, B, C, and so on. There are many B vitamins. One type of B vitamin, B12, is mainly found in animal products, so people following vegetarian or vegan diets may need to take supplements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minerals are inorganic elements needed either in fairly large amounts (macro minerals, measured in milligrams), or very tiny ones (trace minerals). Read more about vitamins and minerals here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/vitamins\/\">https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/vitamins\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/nutrition\/micronutrients#types-and-functions\">This site<\/a> lists all necessary vitamins and minerals and labels certain ones that are of concern, either because we don&#8217;t get enough (vitamin D, folate, iron) or because we get too much (sodium). For many Americans, it may be important to <a href=\"https:\/\/health.gov\/dietaryguidelines\/2015\/resources\/DGA_Cut-Down-On-Sodium.pdf\">pay attention<\/a> to their sodium consumption, since too much can lead to health problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the best sources of many vitamins and minerals are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/fruit\">fruit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/vegetables\">vegetables<\/a>. It is better to eat these whole, rather than as juices. There are many health benefits to diets that have many and varied fruit and vegetables &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/what-should-you-eat\/vegetables-and-fruits\/\">https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/what-should-you-eat\/vegetables-and-fruits\/<\/a>. Try to eat the rainbow! Fruit and vegetables also have beneficial phytonutrients &#8211; chemicals that are linked to better health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmcched110.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/files\/2019\/08\/Fresh_cut_fruits_and_vegetables-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"Image showing variety of fruits and vegetables.\" class=\"wp-image-303\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamins are organic substances that are either water-soluble or fat-soluble. They have names like Vitamin A, B, C, and so on. There are many B vitamins. One type of B vitamin, B12, is mainly found in animal products, so people following vegetarian or vegan diets may need to take supplements. Minerals are inorganic elements needed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/2019\/08\/14\/micronutrients-vitamins-and-minerals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Micronutrients &#8211; Vitamins and minerals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slo5","tag-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1249,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/hed-110-comprehensive-hlth-education-fall-2022-shneyderman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}