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| Elements |
Daily needs |
Main food sources |
Main biological symptom |
Hair content (ppm*) |
| Deficiencies |
Excess |
|
| Calcium |
900 mg |
Milk products, cereals, hard mineral water |
Cavities, cramps, rickets, insomnia |
Stomach ulcers, kidney stones |
400 à 2500,0 |
|
| Phosphorous |
800 mg |
Dairy products, eggs, meat, fish |
Fatigue, nervousness, loss of memory |
Ossification problems in children |
100,0 à 200,0 |
|
| Magnesium |
350 mg |
Dried vegetables and fruit, chocolate, shellfish |
Fatigue, anxiety, palpitations, brittle nails |
(Rare in healthy people): Drops in blood pressure, nervous disorders |
25,0 à 200,0 |
|
| Sodium |
3 g |
Salted and smoked food, charcuterie |
Dehydration, drop in blood pressure, dizziness |
High blood pressure, migraines, kidney and heart disorders |
70,0 à 250, 0 |
|
| Potassium |
1 g |
Dried vegetables and fruit, potatoes, bananas |
Fatigue, drop in blood pressure, heart rate disorders |
Muscular weakness, sever heart disorders |
30,0 à 100,0 |
|
| Sulphur |
800 mg |
eggs, meat, fish, garlic, onions… |
Liver disorders, hair and skin problems |
Anti B1-vitamin action (in sulphite form) |
25000 à 60000 |
|
| Iron |
15 mg |
Meat and offal, black pudding, shellfish, soya |
Fatigue, anaemia, various infections, brittle nails. |
Dangerous in people suffering from liver failure |
5,0 à 30,0 |
|
| Copper |
3 mg |
Liver, mushroom, shellfish, fish |
Anaemia, various infections, slow growth |
Vomiting, migraine, fever |
10,0 à 50,0 |
|
| Zinc |
15 mg |
Fish, oysters, and shellfish, eggs, dried vegetables |
Fatigue, lack of appetite, hair and skin problems |
Digestive disorders |
100,0 à 300,0 |
|
| Manganese |
3 mg |
Nuts, brown rice, dried vegetables, tea |
Allergies, nervousness |
Well tolerated, rapid elimination (intestine and bile) |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Nickel |
0,30 mg |
Dried vegetables, cereals, rice, tea, coffee |
deficiencies - rare and little known: Digestive disorders? |
Fever, allergies |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Chromium |
0,15 mg |
Liver, wholegrain cereals, unrefined sugar, honey, tea |
Diabetes, high cholesterol, cardio-vascular risks |
Lung disorders, mucous ulceration |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Cobalt |
0,02 mg |
Liver, nuts, vegetables, cereals, shellfish, beer |
Anaemia, migraine, anxiety |
Severe heart lesions (beer drinkers) |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Molybdenum |
0,3 mg |
Haricot beans, rice, pasta, dried vegetables, cocoa |
Cavities, weight loss |
Arthritis (effect corrected by administering copper) |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Selenium |
0,15 mg max |
Meat, fish shellfish, soya |
Weakness, cell ageing, heart disorders |
Cavities, hair loss. Very toxic at high doses. |
0,2 à 5,0 |
|
| Germanium |
0,10 mg max |
Garlic, parsley, cress |
Nervous disorders, various infections |
Relatively well tolerated (except oxides and salts = toxic) |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Silicon |
25 mg |
Cereals, vegetable fibres, radish |
Tendinitis, cavities, hair loss, limp nails |
Very few studies |
5,0 à 25,0 |
|
| Silver |
traces |
Very few studies |
Repetitive infectious diseases |
Migraine, fever |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Gold |
traces |
Very few studies |
Fatigue, various infections |
Only slightly toxic |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Tin |
traces |
Fish, meat, peas, spinach, asparagus |
Cavities, growth disorders (to be proven) |
Fever, mucous irritation, digestive disorders |
0,1 à 2,0 |
|
| Fluoride |
1 mg |
Tomatoes, chicory, cherry, fish, mineral water |
Bone decalcification |
Kidney and bone disorders. Very toxic at high doses. |
|
|
| Arsenic |
0,01 mg max |
Seafood, shellfish |
Growth disorders, heart disease |
Arsenic salt and oxide – highly toxic |
< 10,0 |
|
| Iodide |
0,20 mg |
Fish and seafood, green beans |
Hypothyroidism: fatigue, weight gain, lack of energy |
Hyperthyroidism: nervousness, weight loss |
|
|
| Lithium |
2 mg |
Cereals, vegetables, eggs, fish, meat |
Anxiety |
Medication abuse: Kidney failure, convulsions |
< 2,0 |
|
| Vanadium |
0,3 mg |
Vegetable oils |
Growth and nerve disorders |
Irritated mucous, asthma |
0,1 à 1,0 |
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