Sidaan horay u aragnay, macdantu waa cunsur ay tahay inuu kujiro jirka aadanaha si uu si sax ah ugu shaqeeyo. Dhammaan macdanta kacsan ee xilligan la joogo waxay u qaybsan yihiin laba qaybood oo waaweyn, kuwani waa macrominerals iyo macdanta yaryar.
Hadda, waa muhiim aasaasi ah in la xuso in jirka bini'aadamka uu leeyahay macdanta lagama maarmaanka ah iyo qaddarka saxda ah, dhammaan shakhsiyaadka waa inay fuliyaan cunto aad u caafimaad badan oo kaladuwan oo ku saleysan qaadashada hilibka, khudradda iyo miraha.
Marka xigta, kala soocidda macdanta:
> Macrominerals: baaruud, kaalshiyam, sodium, potassium, fosfooraska iyo magnesium.
> Microminerals: zinc, iron, iodine, selenium, chromium iyo copper.