Dietary Minerals and Metabolic Disorders
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 2944
Special Issue Editor
Interests: the influence of pharmacological and nutritional factors on mineral status; drug-food-supplements interactions; the assessment of mineral balance in women depending on the physiological state and age; the relationship between the concentration of essential and toxic elements in the amniotic fluid and blood serum and the development of the fetus as well as the study of nutritional and health factors influencing the mineral balance of pregnant women
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Minerals are involved in many physiological processes in the body and their deficiency or excess may lead to metabolic disorders and the development of many diseases. An adequate supply of minerals ensures proper nutritional status, and proper mineral status is important during the entirity of life, but especially in prenatal life. There are many nutritional and non-nutritional factors that may affect mineral status, including diet, supplements, pharmacological treatment, and environmental factors. Mineral status depends on the process of absorption and factors that affect their bioavailability. Interactions between minerals and nutrients and also other factors play an important role in the effectiveness of absorption and influence mineral metabolism and physiological process.
This Special Issue focuses mainly on the association between mineral intake and metabolic diseases. This cycle also includes the problems of deficiency and excess minerals, the determining the factors affecting the bioavailability of minerals and their relationship with the nutritional status and health, and the use of mineral supplements in terms of positive effects and side effects on the organism.
This Special Issue of Nutrients entitled “Dietary Minerals and Metabolic Disorders” welcomes original research and reviews of the literature concerning this important topic.
Dr. Joanna Suliburska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- minerals
- diet
- bioavailability
- deficiency
- supplements
- metabolic disorders
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