Role of Minerals and Trace Elements in Diabetes and Insulin Resistance

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 12; no. 6; p. 1864
• Main Authors: Dubey, Pallavi, Thakur, Vikram, Chattopadhyay, Munmun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 23.06.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Africa; Age; Aged; Asia; blood serum; Boron; calcium; Child; chromium; Cobalt; copper; Deficiency Diseases; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus; diet; Dietary minerals; Enzymes; Female; Glucose; Homeostasis; human health; Humans; information; Insulin Resistance; iodine; iron; Kinases; Lipids; magnesium; Male; malnutrition; Metabolic syndrome; Micronutrients; Middle Aged; Minerals; North America; Oxidative stress; Pathogenesis; people; Physiology; Plasma; population; Review; Roles; selenium; supply; Trace elements; trajectories; urine; Vitamin D; Young Adult; zinc; Asia; North America; Africa; minerals; trace elements; insulin; diabetes

Minerals and trace elements are micronutrients that are essential to the human body but present only in traceable amounts. Nonetheless, they exhibit well-defined biochemical functions. Deficiencies in these micronutrients are related to widespread human health problems. This review article is focuse...