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What are the health benefits and risks associated with manganese consumption?
What are the health benefits and risks associated with manganese consumption?
Manganese consumption is correlated with gut microbiota modulation, regulating anemia condition between mother and fetus, neurodevelopment, reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, and metabolic diseases. However, high amounts of manganese in food consumption are associated with toxicity, neurotoxicity, hepatocyte, lung, reproductive and fetal toxicity, obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, and others.
What are the sources of mercury and what health problems are associated with its consumption?
What are the sources of mercury and what health problems are associated with its consumption?
Mercury is found in poultry and fish. Hazardous organic methyl or ethyl mercury contaminated food consumption is correlated with neurological diseases, ataxia, weakness, cognitive damage, chewing and deglutition disorder, oxidative stress, cellular metabolism unbalance, liver damage, kidney dysfunction, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and inflammation diseases.
What are the sources of selenium and what are the health risks associated with its consumption?
What are the sources of selenium and what are the health risks associated with its consumption?
Selenium is found in fish, Brazil nut, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, garlic, and anions. High levels of selenium in the diet are correlated with toxicity, hair loss, alopecia, dermatitis, diabetes, vomit, nausea, diarrhea, infertility, gastrointestinal dysfunctions, neurological disorders, weakness, respiratory diseases, inflammation, pulmonary edema and hemorrhage, ocular irritation, persistent headaches, cancers, cardiovascular diseases and elevated mortality.
What is the recommended daily limit of manganese intake?
What is the recommended daily limit of manganese intake?
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Which food source has the highest concentration of mercury?
Which food source has the highest concentration of mercury?
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What are the health consequences of high levels of aluminum consumption?
What are the health consequences of high levels of aluminum consumption?
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