What is Dietary mineral?
A '''dietary mineral''' is a [[chemical element]] that a living thing needs to be part of what they eat, other from the four elements [[carbon]], [[hydrogen]], [[nitrogen]], and [[oxygen]] which are already very common in [[organic chemistry|living things]]. One example of a dietary mineral is [[calcium]], which [[human]]s and many other [[animal]]s need to build strong [[bone]]s and [[tooth|teeth]], among other things. [[Iron]] is another mineral, which you can find in [[red meat]] or [[spinach]]. It is important for us to have iron as it creates [[Blood cell|red blood cells]]. Other common minerals include [[potassium]] and [[phosphorus]]. ==Related pages== *[[Vitamin]] *[[Essential fatty acid]] *[[Essential amino acid]] {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Nutrients]]