Function:
- formation of bones and teeth.
- plays an important role in how the body uses carbohydrates and fats
- needed for the body to make protein for the growth, maintenance, and repair of cells and tissues
- helps the body make ATP
- works with the B vitamins in Kidney function
- works with the B vitamins in Normal heartbeat
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002424.htm
Overdose: more than 4000 mg
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Phosphorus-HealthProfessional/#h8
Excess: excreted in the urine
http://www.encognitive.com/node/1141
Type: water and fat soluble
https://world-food-and-wine.com/nutrition/minerals/phosphorus
Side effects of excess phosphorus:
- can combine with calcium to form deposits in soft tissues
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002424.htm - disturb bone and mineral metabolism
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26323022?dopt=Abstract - increasing mortality
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24225358?dopt=Abstract - Cardiovascular diseases
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23283134?dopt=Abstract - Decrease serum calcium
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323443296000164
tetany, hyperexcitability, and colic
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323443296000164
Recommended daily intake= 1250 mg
- yeast, baker’s, active dry
Contain: 1290 mg
%DV: 129% - chia seeds, dried
Contain: 948 mg
%DV: 95% - Spices, mustard seed, yellow
Contain: 841 mg
%DV: 84% - watermelon seed kernels, dried
Contain: 755 mg
%DV: 76% - Oat bran, raw
Contain: 734 mg
%DV: 73% - Soybeans, mature seeds, raw
Contain: 704 mg
%DV: 70% - cashew nuts, raw
Contain: 593 mg
%DV: 59% - pistachio nuts, raw
Contain: 490 mg
%DV: 49% - Lentils, raw
Contain: 451 mg
%DV: 45% - Lupins, mature seeds, raw
Contain: 440 mg
%DV: 44%
Deficiency symptoms
- Delay growth and development of infants
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28238222?dopt=Abstract - rickets and osteo-malacia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29381780 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12074251?dopt=Abstract
- Fatigue because it is one of the building blocks of high-energy compounds such as ATP
https://academic.oup.com/labmed/article/45/1/e44/2657907 - Increase mortality risk in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28903022?dopt=Abstract
Fractures
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2257522?dopt=Abstract
