Minerals are non essential nutrients and provide 4 kilocalories per gram true or false

Answer: False

Minerals are essential nutrients. In fact, there are 16 essential minerals: (copper, manganese, iodine, and selenium, molybdenum, chromium, fluoride, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chloride, magnesium, iron, and zinc).

Minerals which are also called micronutrients play important roles in the body such as: maintain blood pressure, bone health and fluid & electrolyte balance, and make new cells; deliver oxygen to cells; and contribute to normal muscle and nerve functioning.

The above statement is false.

Minerals are essential elements and do not provide kilocalories per gram.

Essential nutrients or elements are those that the body cannot produce and must be supplied through the diet, while non essential nutrients or elements are those that the body can produce and do not require to obtain it in food. Minerals are essential elements, which include nitrogen, phosphorus, chlorine, zinc, iron among others, obtained from food. They do not provide calories per gram, like the case of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates.