Food Sources of 31 Essential Vitamins and Minerals

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Food Sources of 31 Essential Vitamins and Minerals

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When it comes to vitamins and minerals, you're probably looking for the bottom line: How much do you need, and what foods have them? The list below will help you out. It covers all the vitamins and minerals you should get, preferably from food.

Calcium

Foods that have it: Milk, fortified nondairy alternatives like soy milk, yogurt, hard cheeses, fortified cereals, unfortified almond milk, kale

How much you need:

Adults ages 19-50: 1,000 milligrams per dayWomen age 51 and older: 1,200 milligrams per dayMen age 51 - 70: 1,000 milligrams per dayMen 71 and older: 1,200 milligrams per day

What it does: Needed for bone growth and strength, blood clotting, muscle contraction, and more

Don't get more than this a day: 2,500 milligrams per day for adults age 50 and younger, 2,000 mg per day for those 51 and older

 

Choline

Foods that have it: Milk, liver, eggs, peanuts

How much you need:

Men: 550 milligrams per dayWomen: 425 milligrams per dayPregnant women: 450 milligrams per dayBreastfeeding women: 550 milligrams per day

What it does: Helps make cells

Don't get more than this much: 3,500 milligrams per day

 

Chromium

Foods that have it: Broccoli, potatoes, meats, poultry, fish, some cereals

How much you need:

Men ages 19-50: 35 micrograms per dayWomen ages 19-50: 25 micrograms per day, unless pregnant or breastfeedingPregnant women: 30 micrograms per dayBreastfeeding women: 45 micrograms per dayMen age 51 and up: 30 micrograms per dayWomen age 51 and up: 20 micrograms per day

What it does: Helps control blood sugar levels

Don't get more than this much: No upper limit known for adults

 

Copper

Foods that have it: Seafood, nuts, seeds, wheat bran cereals, whole grains

How much you need:

Adults: 900 micrograms per day, unless pregnant or breastfeedingPregnant women: 1,000 micrograms per dayBreastfeeding women: 1,300 micrograms per day

What it does: Helps your body process iron

Don't get more than this much: 8,000 micrograms per day for adults



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