Nutrients and their importance
Here you will find an overview of the most important nutrients
Calcium
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in our body. 99% of the calcium in our body is found in our bones and teeth. Only around one per cent is found in the blood and other tissues.
Chlorophyll, the reliable supplier of minerals and trace elements
The origin of the word chlorophyll already gives us an idea of how we recognise foods containing chlorophyll. The word comes from the Greek and means something like green, fresh leaf. We can recognise plants and foods containing chlorophyll at first glance by their green colour.
Iron
The trace element iron is an important component of the red blood pigment haemoglobin. It contains up to 70 % of the iron found in our body (equivalent to approx. 2-4 g). Haemoglobin is mainly responsible for transporting oxygen from the lungs to the body's cells and carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs, where it is then expelled with the air we breathe.
Enzymes
Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysers in the human body and accelerate biochemical reactions or make them possible in the first place. They fulfil important functions in the body according to the lock-and-key principle with certain substrates that no other nutrient can fulfil.
Folic acid
Folic acid fulfils important tasks in protein metabolism. It therefore plays a key role in all growth and development processes in the human organism and in the release of energy from food.
Potassium
Potassium is found in the body's cells and plays an important role in the electrolyte balance of the cells. It is responsible for the generation of nerve impulses and their transmission within the nervous system, to the muscle fibres and to the heart.
Magnesium
Magnesium is an important and versatile mineral. It is needed for so many different functions in the body that its exact requirement is not known.
Selenium
Like zinc, the trace element selenium is essential. It must therefore be taken in with food. Selenium is, among other things a component of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which is found in human cells and makes them strong against cell-damaging free radicals.
Vitamins
Vitamins are essential for life, as the Latin syllable vita (= life) suggests. They fulfil numerous tasks in the body and are primarily required for the smooth functioning of the metabolism.
Vitamin A and its precursor beta-carotene
Vitamin A is a component of the photopigment rhodopsin (also known as visual purple) found in the rod cells of the eye retina. Vision is our most important sense. It is estimated that 90% of our perception takes place through our vision.
Find out more about vitamin A and beta-carotene
Vitamin B group
The group of B vitamins includes around 10 vitamins.B vitamins are all water-soluble (with the exception of B12). They can therefore be absorbed relatively easily by the body via the intestine.
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Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
Vitamin B2 is converted by the body into co-enzymes, which are important helpers for our cells in the production of energy from carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
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Vitamin B3 (niacin)
We need the water-soluble vitamin B3 (also known as niacin, nicotinamide and nicotinic acid) for physiological energy production processes. There are two ways in which our body obtains vitamin B3.
Find out more about vitamin B3
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
Vitamin B6 is involved in over 50 enzymatic synthesis and degradation processes, mainly in amino acid metabolism. Amino acids, the building blocks of dietary proteins, are activated and prepared for incorporation into the body's own proteins.
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Vitamin C
As the human body cannot produce vitamin C itself, it must be supplied through food. Vitamin C is an antioxidant.
Zinc
Zinc is an essential trace element. We must therefore obtain it from our diet. We have higher concentrations of zinc in our red blood cells, eyes, skin, hair, prostate and liver.
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