Elements and Health Project for Mrs. Sunday

2.  Symbol: Na • Was discovered by Humphrey
Davy in 1807 in England.
 Atomic Number: 11 • Its name is from the English word
 Atomic Mass: 23 “Soda”, the origin of the symbol
Na comes from the Latin word
 Group in Periodic table: 1 “natrium”.
 Group Name: Alkali Metal • Sodium in Food Salt is composed
of 40% sodium and 60% chloride.
 Appearance: Is a soft alkali • Hundreds of years ago, travelers
metal that is very would use salt abroad ships to
changebale in water. It also preserve their food. The salt kept
vegetables, fish, and meat from
oxides when it’s cut. spoiling because it drained the
water from the food and kept the
bacteria from feeding off of it.

3. Role in Nutrients Salt/Sodium is a mineral that
the body itself can NOT produce, so it needs
to be taken with food.
It helps regulate body fluids and pH levels.

4.  People use it to add favor.
 salted meats
 It can be found in almost every  nuts
food especially processed foods.
 cold cuts (ham)
 Prevents food borne illness and  Butter
food spoilages.  Chips
 hot dogs
 Sodium forms many useful  Pretzels
compounds. Some of the most
common are: Table salt , Soda,  canned vegetables
Baking soda and Chile saltpeper.  bottled sauces

5. symptoms can include:
 It can increase your risk  Nausea
of heart disease and  headache
stroke.  Vomiting
 High blood pressure  Dizziness
 Diabetes  muscle cramps
 Chronic kidney disease  disorientation
 fainting.

6. • Discovered by Humphrey Davy in 1755 in
England.
• Symbol: Mg • Its name origin is from the Greek word
• Atomic number: 12 "Magnesia”
• Atomic Mass: 24 • In 1618 a farmer at Epsom in England
attempted to give his cows water from a
• State: solid well. This they refused to drink because of
• Group Name: Alkaline earth the water's bitter taste. However the farmer
noticed that the water seemed to heal
metal scratches and rashes.
• Appearance: silvery white
• The fame of Epsom salts spread. Eventually
• Classification: Metallic they were recognized to be magnesium
sulphate, (MgSO4).

7.  The role of magnesium in to prevent disorders such as
hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Magnesium is
absorbed in the small intestines and is excreted through the
kidneys.
 Magnesium is a mineral in the body and is essential to good
health.
 Magnesium plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism.
It may influence the release and activity of insulin, the hormone
that helps control blood glucose (sugar) levels
 Approximately 50% of total body magnesium is found in bone.
The other half is found inside cells of body tissues and organs.
Only 1% of magnesium is found in blood, but the body works very
hard to keep blood levels of magnesium constant.

8.  It helps maintain normal Green vegetables
muscle and nerve function.
Beans, peas, nuts, seeds
 It keeps the heart rhythm and whole unrefined
steady, supports a healthy
immune system, and keeps grains.
bones strong.
Bread made from whole
 It helps regulate blood sugar grain wheat flour.
levels, promotes normal
blood pressure, and is known Tap water
to be involved in energy
metabolism and protein
production.

9. Severe magnesium deficiency can  A person can become toxic
result in low levels of calcium in the and increase kidney failure,
blood. when this happens the
kidney loses the ability to
As magnesium deficiency worsens,
numbness, tingling, muscle remove excess.
contractions and cramps, seizures,
personality changes, abnormal heart
 Loss of appetite, nausea,
rhythms, and coronary spasms can
occur . vomiting, fatigue, and
weakness.

10. • http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements
/mg.html
• http://www.webelements.com/magnesium/
• http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-
HealthProfessional/
• http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/magne
sium