Mineral life elements and prevention and treatment of related diseases

Author: Li Shuzhen
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book aims to highlight its characteristics through the following aspects: 1. It only introduces mineral life elements, specifically the essential macronutrients and trace elements required by the human body, without covering non-essential elements. 2. It includes macronutrients that are not very familiar to people, such as sulfur, potassium, and magnesium. 3. It summarizes, synthesizes, and generalizes the physiological roles of macronutrients and trace elements into 8 major physiological functions (see General Introduction). 4. The book is divided into three parts. The General Introduction discusses the significance of mineral life elements for the human body, their relationship with animal evolution, their cycles in nature, and their connection with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The Specific Discussions separately introduce the content, physiological functions, and daily requirements of 7 macronutrients and 14 trace elements in the human body. The third part covers 10 aspects, including fertility, growth and development, intelligence, longevity, cardiovascular diseases, bone and joint diseases, endocrine diseases, cancer, hematological diseases, eye diseases, and Keshan disease, respectively, explaining the relationship between mineral life elements and health.