Introduction to Vegetables and Minerals

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Introduction to Vegetables and Minerals
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What is a Vegetable?

• Fruit-
• ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds.
• Vegetable-
• everything that's left.
• Root crops
• potatoes, carrots and turnips
• Bulbs
• onions and garlic
• Stems
• Asparagus, Celery
• Leaves
• lettuce and cabbage
• Flowers
• broccoli and cauliflower

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What is a Mineral?

• Mineral-
• 4-5 body weight
• Vitamins Organic Minerals Inorganic
• Make up body structures like teeth and bones
• Work together with vitamins

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Mineral Types

• Macro Minerals
• Need in larger quantities
• Play a major role body systems
• Trace Minerals
• Need in small quantities

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Essential Minerals

• Calcium
• Phosphorus
• Magnesium
• Sodium
• Chlorine
• Potassium
• Iron
• Sulfur
• Molybdenum
• Boron

• Iodine
• Zinc
• Selenium
• Copper
• Fluoride
• Chromium
• Manganese
• Nickel