Thread: minerals and nutrients

What exactly is the difference between a mineral and a nutrient? I've found about 3 totally different defenitions so far.

erm a mineral is any type of sedimentary deposit, Iron, nickel, magnesium etc, while a nutrient is anything any organism uses to derive energy from, be it Nitrates, water, or iron

A nutrient is something an organism needs to consume.

Many minerals also happen to be nutrients.

The average person consumes 15-20 mg of iron a day, you need iron to produce functional hemoglobin and some other enzymes.

Iron is both a mineral and a nutrient.

Originally Posted by i_feel_tiredsleepy

A nutrient is something an organism needs to consume.

Many minerals also happen to be nutrients.

The average person consumes 15-20 mg of iron a day, you need iron to produce functional hemoglobin and some other enzymes.

Iron is both a mineral and a nutrient.

That sounds pretty much bang on the money to me.