Editing Nutrient (section)

=== Micronutrients ===
[[Micronutrient|Micronutrients]] are essential dietary elements required in varying quantities throughout life to serve [[metabolism|metabolic]] and [[physiology|physiological functions]].<ref name="natrev">{{cite journal|pmc=4927329|year=2016|last1=Gernand|first1=A. D|title=Micronutrient deficiencies in pregnancy worldwide: Health effects and prevention|journal=Nature Reviews Endocrinology|volume=12|issue=5|pages=274–289|last2=Schulze|first2=K. J|last3=Stewart|first3=C. P|last4=West Jr|first4=K. P|last5=Christian|first5=P|doi=10.1038/nrendo.2016.37|pmid=27032981}}</ref><ref name="tucker">{{cite journal|pmid=27116240|year=2016|last1=Tucker|first1=K. L|title=Nutrient intake, nutritional status, and cognitive function with aging|journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|volume=1367|issue=1|pages=38–49|doi=10.1111/nyas.13062|bibcode=2016NYASA1367...38T|doi-access=free}}</ref>

* [[Dietary mineral]]s, such as [[potassium in biology|potassium]], [[sodium in biology|sodium]], and [[iron in biology|iron]], are elements native to [[Earth]], and cannot be synthesized. They are required in the diet in [[microgram]] or [[milligram]] amounts. As plants obtain minerals from the soil, dietary minerals derive directly from plants consumed or indirectly from edible animal sources.<ref name="lpimin">{{cite web|title=Minerals|url=http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/minerals|publisher=Micronutrient Information Center, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University|access-date=18 May 2023|location=Corvallis, OR|date=2023}}</ref>
* [[Vitamin]]s are organic compounds required in [[microgram]] or [[milligram]] amounts.<ref name="lpivit">{{cite web|title=Vitamins|url=http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins|publisher=Micronutrient Information Center, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University|location=Corvallis, OR|access-date=18 May 2023|date=2023}}</ref> The importance of each dietary vitamin was first established when it was determined that a disease would develop if that vitamin was absent from the diet.<ref name=lpivit/>