clipped from: whfoods.org   

What can high-manganese foods do for you?

  • Help your body utilize several key nutrients such as biotin, thiamin, ascorbic acid, and choline
  • Keep your bones strong and healthy
  • Help your body synthesize fatty acids and cholestorol
  • Maintain normal blood sugar levels
  • Promote optimal function of your thyroid gland
  • Maintain the health of your nerves
  • Protect your cells from free-radical damage

    • What events can indicate a need for more high-manganese foods?

  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Poor glucose tolerance (high blood sugar levels)
  • Skin rash
  • Loss of hair color
  • Excessive bone loss
  • Low cholesterol levels
  • Dizziness
  • Hearing loss
  • Reproductive system difficulties
    • Nutrient Chart

    For serving size for specific foods, see Nutrient Rating Chart below at the bottom of this page.

    In 2000, the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences established the following Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) for manganese: