Doctors take stock of 6 kinds of nutrients that the human body often lacks! Eating prototype foods enhances memory, strengthens bones, regulates blood lipids, and prevents cancer

Modern people's diet is too refined and unbalanced, so they often lack some essential trace elements for the human body! Gao Minghong, the attending physician of the Department of Urology of the Three Gorges Enzhugong Hospital, and Zhang Yuqin, the attending physician of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Hsinchu Cathay Hospital, shared that in the years of experience in seeing a doctor, both men and women often lack 6 trace elements in the clinic.

Gao Minghong added that many people choose to use supplements to supplement their nutrition, but he believes that the absorption rate of supplements is not as good as that of prototype foods, and it is recommended that prototype foods be supplemented in daily life.

The body often lacks 6 kinds of trace elements 1. Iron

Benefits: Helps metabolism, oxygen transport, blood and hematopoiesis, and enhances the immune system.

Food: red meat, seaweed, eggs, passion fruit, peanuts, brown rice.

2. Magnesium

Benefits: maintain neuromuscular function, maintain cardiovascular function, maintain bone flexibility.

Food: oats, steak, avocado, banana, sesame seeds, black beans.

3. Potassium

Benefits: Eliminate edema, reduce the incidence of kidney stones, and reduce muscle weakness.

Food: pistachios, potatoes, cantaloupe, papaya, yams, water spinach.

4. Manganese

Benefits: Fights free radical formation, helps bone health, maintains normal nerve function, enhances memory.

Food: Wheat, seaweed, kiwi, black sesame, black tea, pork liver.

5. Zinc

Benefits: Helps cell replication, reduces inflammation, strengthens reproductive system.

Food: oysters, beef, spinach, apples, agar, edamame.

6. Calcium

Benefits: Helps to strengthen bones, normal contraction of muscles and heart, reduce the occurrence of cancer, and regulate dyslipidemia.

Food: dried small fish, shrimp, milk, soy milk, melon seeds, oranges.