What’s on the Minerals poster
A 7-row table: Mineral · Needed for · Found in.
Ordered by how commonly they matter.
- Iron — Oxygen transport — Red meat, pulses, greens
- Calcium — Bones, teeth, muscle — Dairy, tofu, fortified
- Magnesium — Nerve and muscle function — Nuts, seeds, wholegrains
- Potassium — Fluid balance, blood pressure — Bananas, potatoes, pulses
- Sodium — Fluid balance — Salt, processed food
- Zinc — Immunity, healing — Meat, shellfish, seeds
- Iodine — Thyroid hormones — Dairy, fish, iodised salt
Vitamin C markedly improves absorption of plant iron. Tea and coffee with a meal reduce it.
Questions about the Minerals poster
- What’s on the Minerals poster?
- A 7-row table: Mineral · Needed for · Found in. Ordered by how commonly they matter. Iron — Oxygen transport — Red meat, pulses, greens; Calcium — Bones, teeth, muscle — Dairy, tofu, fortified; Magnesium — Nerve and muscle function — Nuts, seeds, wholegrains; Potassium — Fluid balance, blood pressure — Bananas, potatoes, pulses; Sodium — Fluid balance — Salt, processed food; Zinc — Immunity, healing — Meat, shellfish, seeds; Iodine — Thyroid hormones — Dairy, fish, iodised salt. Vitamin C markedly improves absorption of plant iron. Tea and coffee with a meal reduce it.
- Who is the Minerals poster for?
- Minerals belongs to the Body & health section rather than to a school year, because health is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning nutrition can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Minerals poster?
- Deficiency in most of these is uncommon on a varied diet. Iron is the usual exception. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Minerals belongs on the wall where that health work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Minerals?
- Added Sugar, Alcohol Units and Caffeine sit alongside Minerals in the Body & health section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Added SugarAlcohol UnitsCaffeine
- Is the Minerals poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Minerals downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Body & health section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Minerals poster print at?
- Minerals is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Minerals loses nothing.Printing guide
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