Cobalt This
Mineral Is Essential For
The mineral cobalt is part of vitamin B12.
Cobalt helps form red blood cells and maintain nerve tissue.
Consuming large amounts of inorganic cobalt
stimulates growth of the thyroid gland and may lead to the overproduction of red blood
cells.
Sources...
Cobalt must be obtained from foods such as
liver, kidneys, milk, oysters, clams, or sea vegetables, or from vitamin B12 supplements.
Inorganic cobalt has no nutritional value but is sometimes added to beer as an
anti-foaming agent.
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