The minerals calcium, sodium, and potassium, and the vitamins folic acid and vitamin C are called micronutrients because your body needs them in small amounts. ❋ Annette B. Natow Ph.d. (2006)
These are called micronutrients because you need them in smaller amounts than the basic "big" four macronutrients. ❋ Unknown (2009)
These vitamins, along with the essential minerals, which can also be called micronutrients, are things that your body needs, in small amounts, which promote good biochemical reactions within your body and within your cells. ❋ Unknown (2009)
• Malnutrition and lack of "micronutrients" such as iron. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Bjorn Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus 2004, a cost-benefit analysis of health issues by leading economists including three Nobelists, calculated that spending on health issues such as micronutrients for children, HIV/AIDS and water purification has benefits 50 to 200 times those of attempting to marginally limit "global warming." ❋ GayandRight (2007)
Bjorn Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus 2004, a cost-benefit analysis of health issues by leading economists (including three Nobelists), calculated that spending on health issues such as micronutrients for children, HIV/AIDS and water purification has benefits 50 to 200 times those of attempting to marginally limit "global warming." ❋ John R. Christy (2007)
Vitamins and minerals are "micronutrients" your body needs in small but steady amounts. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Their report concluded that malnutrition (a critical lack of micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals) among children under two years old is one of the biggest contributors to world hunger. ❋ Stephan B. Tanda (2010)
Whole grains are also a good source of micronutrients, and they increase insulin sensitivity and reduce inflammation, he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Shenggen Fan, the director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, says farmers should be encouraged to grow crops with higher levels of micronutrients like Vitamin A and iron. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Food; and the combination and quality of macronutrients (protein, fat, carbohydrate), micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), fiber, and phytonutrients (plant-based bioactive compounds); all wash over your DNA every day turning on or off, up or down signals from your genes. ❋ MD Mark Hyman (2011)
