Patient's question:
What are trace elements?Doctor's answer:
Hello: Elements that are present in trace amounts in the human body and are lower than 0.01% of body weight are called trace elements. Although trace elements in the human body are present in small amounts, they play an important role in human health. They serve as components of enzymes, hormones, vitamins, and nucleic acids, participating in the metabolic processes of life. In a sense, trace elements are more essential to the body than vitamins. Currently, more than 20 trace elements have been discovered, including iron, iodine, copper, manganese, zinc, cobalt, chromium, selenium, molybdenum, fluorine, silicon, tin, and vanadium, which are known to be trace elements essential to the life of the body.