Essential Nutrients:⚡️Electrolytes & Water💧

electrolytes:

•maintain the body’s pH & distribution/balance of water

•regulate cellular function throughout the body

•(+\-) are ions (which have a positive or negative electric charge)

1️⃣Sodium (Na^+1)

2️⃣Potassium (K^+1)

3️⃣Magnesium (Mg^+2)

4️⃣Chloride (Cl^-1)

5️⃣Calcium (Ca^+2)

6️⃣Phosphate (PO4^-3)

7️⃣Bicarbonate* (HCO3^-1)

*can be considered conditionally essential (in the case that the body produces its own adequate supply of it internally)