CLASS:  | Mineral |
ROLE:  | Energy metabolism | Calcium metabolism | Nerve and muscle function | | |
SOURCES:  | Green vegetables | Grains | |
RECOMMENDED DAILY INTAKE (RDI):  | 320 mg Men | 270 mg Women | |
DEFICIENCY STATE:  | Tremor, excitability and tetany | Muscle weakness | Convulsions | Apathy, depression, personality change | Anorexia, nausea | Cardiac arrhythmia leading to cardiac arrest and death | | | | | |
OVERDOSE STATE:  | Decreased nerve and muscle function | Cardiorespiratory failure | |
RISKS:  | Alcoholism | Teenagers | Elderly | Pregnancy/lactation | | | |
DIAGNOSIS:  | Blood tests |
OTHER NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS:  | Calcium | Potassium | Vitamin B1 | | |
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