Minerals are essential Choose...organic elementsinorganic elementscarbon dioxidesvitamins. Absorption of them is limited by several factors, among them Choose...physiological need and presence of competing mineralspresence of vitaminslack of carbon dioxidehyperglycemia. Unlike vitamins, minerals are not destroyed by Choose...watercold, dark, dampnesshydrogenheat, light, acidity. Like vitamins, however, minerals are "micronutrients."They are needed in relatively Choose...large amountssmall amountsxx. Minerals are often grouped as major minerals and trace minerals. Compared with major minerals, the total amount of trace mineral in your body is Choose...small largexx. Foods from both plants and animals are sources of minerals. Generally speaking, however, Choose...plantsyntheticanimalman-made, are more reliable mineral sources. There are Choose...5723 major minerals. Two disorders in which major minerals play critical parts are hypertension and Choose...osteoporosiscardiac arrestcancerall of the above, which primarily affects Choose...menchildrenpost-menopausal womeninfants.