Answer each question below with your research mineral using ONLY the reference sources provided.
Mineral name: phosphorous
What are its top three major functions in the body?
List the top 3-5 top food sources including quantities in each food (in mcg, mg, g, IU).
What are its DRI value (RDA or AI) for adults ?
Please provide specific example of how the RDA or AI can be met in one day, including quantities of the foods.
What are its UL value for adults?
Provide three most common reasons for deficiency.
What are its top three major effects of deficiency in the body?
Provide three most common reasons for toxicity.
What are its top three effects of toxicity in the body?
List of reference source:
●*TEXTBOOK(MUST USE): Nutrition: From Science to You, 4th edition by Joan Salge Blake, Kathy Munoz, Stella Volpe
●*National Library of Medicine Minerals: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/minerals.html
●*National Library of Medicine Vitamins: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamins.html
●Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics: www.eatright.org
●American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org
●American Dental Association: https://www.ada.org/en
●American Heart Association: www.heart.org
●Food and Drug Administration: www.fda.gov
●Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements
●Nutrition.gov: www.nutrition.gov
●Linus Pauling Institute: http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/nutrient-index
●*Office of Dietary Supplements: ods.od.nih.gov
●MedlinePlus: www.medlineplus.gov
●Consumer Lab: www.consumerlab.com
●Harvard School of Public Health: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/
●National Osteoporosis Foundation: www.nof.org
●University of Maryland Medical Center: www.umm.edu
●Any US government website (ends in .gov)
