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==== Minerals ==== | ==== Minerals ==== | ||
- | Some trace elements are altered with chronic kidney disease. Selenium, zinc, and manganese tend to be wasted, and there is growing evidence that selenium deficiency is associated with mortality on dialysis. Other trace elements accumulate, such as chromium, cobalt, lead, molybdenum, and vanadium.(({{pubmed> | + | Some trace elements are altered with chronic kidney disease. Selenium, zinc, and manganese tend to be wasted, and there is growing evidence that selenium deficiency is associated with mortality on dialysis. Other trace elements accumulate, such as chromium, cobalt, lead, molybdenum, and vanadium.(({{pubmed> |
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+ | Three main areas of research have been identified (//in chronic heart failure//): 1) magnesium, electrolytes and CHF; 2) the transcriptional and antioxidant effects of zinc, selenium, copper; 3) iron-deficiency anemia and CHF.(({{pubmed> | ||
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=== Zinc === | === Zinc === | ||
- | Zinc is an essential trace element that is crucial for growth, development, | + | Zinc is an essential trace element that is crucial for growth, development, |
By modulating anti-inflammatory and antioxidant pathways, zinc supplementation is recommended for the treatment of several ailments, such as liver disease, male hypogonadism, | By modulating anti-inflammatory and antioxidant pathways, zinc supplementation is recommended for the treatment of several ailments, such as liver disease, male hypogonadism, | ||
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=== Ca/Mg ratio === | === Ca/Mg ratio === | ||
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+ | Ca/Mg ratio imbalance is associated with prostatic hyperplasia(({{pubmed> | ||
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+ | Ca:Mg rose from largely below 3.0 in 1994-5 to generally above or approaching 3.0 after 2000, coinciding with a sharp 2% rise in type 2 diabetes incidence and prevalence in the USA population and a 1994-2005 rise in colorectal cancer incidence among young white, non-Hispanic adult men and women in the USA.(({{pubmed> | ||
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- | == Selenium (trace element) == | + | === Selenium (trace element) |
Association of Selenium (Se) deficiency, an essential trace element, has been found with human diseases.(({{pubmed> | Association of Selenium (Se) deficiency, an essential trace element, has been found with human diseases.(({{pubmed> |