How Much of the Periodic Table is in YOU?

About 99.9% of your typical human body is made of just 11 elements from the periodic table. But hiding in that remaining 0.1% are some elements that do some very important jobs to keep you alive and healthy. Including some elements you may have completely forgotten about.
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[@ODISeth]

Well, I just ate a paper print out of the periodic table, so probably all of it

[@Napoleonic_S]

Please tell us what is left from that supplement that gets excreted from your body.

[@ozozznozzy]

Nice, you made it into the post for the video lol

[@lococomrade3488]

Legend.

[@QuadeAlex]

Great blotter paper

[@westrim]

"Water, 35 liters; carbon, 20 kilograms; ammonia, 4 liters; lime, 1.5 kilograms; phosphorus, 800 grams; salt, 250 grams; saltpeter, 100 grams; sulfur, 80 grams; fluorine, 7.5; iron, 5; silicon, 3 grams; and trace amounts of 15 other elements."

[@williamcarrillo4120]

I see you are a man of culture

[@windzer]

fullmetal

[@EddyA1337]

But what could be equivalent to a human soul?

[@logank444]

​@@EddyA13373 milligrams of DMT

[@beaudavis3808]

You so pull a Fullmetal Alchemist reference, didn't you? 😅😅

[@sathivv950]

My first time seeing Niba as a host. She is excellent, please have her do more episodes.

[@rolfs2165]

She's been in about a dozen videos so far, and I just love her energy - and her style in clothing (yes, I'm somewhat superficial, so?).

[@dominiquelaflamme7804]

Very hot

[@melvinshine9841]

Pretty sure the last guy who looked too deeply into this lost an arm, a leg, and his brother's physical body. He got a sweet pocket watch and paycheck out of it, though.

[@00dredd]

Full metal alchemist for the win! Love the reference!

[@Appletank8]

Skill issue

[@strider_hiryu850]

@@Appletank8 kinda yeah. i mean, it was his first ever time trying Alchemy, so....

[@JamesSpatt]

​@@Appletank8you sound like a helldiber

[@ObadiahtheSlim]

As long as you're not trying to find the equivalent exchange for a human soul, you're safe.

[@kevinmbrooks]

We're mostly made of schnapps?

[@2smoothz]

lol 💤

[@marilynlucero9363]

This makes me happy.

[@Jus10Ed]

I know I am.

[@nathanandsugar5252]

The elements in schnapps, yes. But a diet of schnapps will not provide the nutrients you need. Paired with greens, grains and meat? Definitely.

[@bones642]

anxiety pickle

[@OGPigInASuit]

I've been watching SciShow for nearly a decade. My favorite thing about this show is silly. It's the fact that the intro tune hasn't changed. Every week I'd hear that tune a few times and it still brings such a wave of joy. Never change SciShow.

[@CritterKeeper01]

Agreed! I love that SciShow still plays at least some of the intro every time, and I wish they'd do the full thing, at least on longer videos!

[@amon_69]

everytime she sais CHNOPS my German brain understands Schnapps. cheers.

[@JamesDavy2009]

The word "chthonic" comes to my mind.

[@thesciencefurry]

Same for me xD

[@RoxaneJ14]

I really love Niba's vibe!

[@smart_ledtv]

Me too. I love her expressionism in showing how various elements are "useful to us" and "molecules that we know and love". @0:51-0:56 It requires a decent amount of talent and a close relation with a camera or two, or even three of them ('cos why not!). 🤤 By the way, did you know that *hydrogen* in your body isn't from super novas nor collisions of neutron stars, but simply(?) from the _Big Bang_ when primordial soup of quarks and gluons started to condensate into the 3 lightest elements in just first ca. 20 picoseconds. 💥

[@Nmethyltransferase]

9:39 Lead acetate paint chips might taste sweet. But just say no to wall candy, kids!

[@Skoldpadden]

@@stevexracer4309 A link between what? ingesting lead and brain damage? The studies are there

[@Fomites]

​@@stevexracer4309It's proven way beyond doubt. I have personally seen the results of this under the microscope in a child in Sydney in the Eighties. The child did not recover and is permanently disabled. The child had been literally eating lead paint from the wall next to his cot in an old house. His initial blood film looked like a war zone.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@Fomites The kid must have got Mees lines. You can also get lead poisoning from eating a lot of chocolate over a long period of time.

[@savagesarethebest7251]

@Fomites that is terrifying

[@date_vape]

​@@stevexracer4309no one has proven that literally eating led compounds results in led in your body... Huh?!?

[@winterx2348]

question asked by a scientist 2 seconds away from an uncomfortable meeting with the ethics board

[@rundown132]

in me?

[@winterx2348]

I hate it when they change the title of the video so my funny joke no longer makes any sense

[@CritterKeeper01]

@@winterx2348What was the original?

[@winterx2348]

@@CritterKeeper01 something like "If you atomize a human, what elements would you get?"

[@computerzero2681]

🤣

[@Doctor-vn8es]

This enthusiastic engaging presenter fits in really well with the rest of the top rate SciShow peeps.😁

[@smart_ledtv]

I love her expressionism in showing how various elements are "useful to us" and "molecules that we know and love". @0:51-0:56 It requires a decent amount of talent and a close relation with a camera or two, or even three of them ('cos why not!). 🤤

[@Conus426]

wow, love the 'human body safari' concept in this video... i understand so much more about what we're made of now!

[@neil2796]

“These are the Things that Make a Man Iron enough to make a nail, Lime enough to paint a wall, Water enough to drown a dog, Sulphur enough to stop the fleas, Potash enough to wash a shirt, Gold enough to buy a bean, Silver enough to coat a pin, Lead enough to ballast a bird, Phosphor enough to light the town, Poison enough to kill a cow, Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child, Love enough to break a heart.” ― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

[@magnoliaweathershield443]

yes! I checked the comments to see if someone would quote this. Hooray!

[@donhoverson6348]

If you have drowned the dog in the water I'm thinking that the fleas will no longer be an issue.

[@MrDarktempest64]

*Asking for an alchemist friend

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Did you hear about the young bacillus who was afraid to go trick-or-treating on Halloween? He was afraid the hemoglobins would get him..

[@M_Alexander]

Waiting for the Fullmetal Alchemist fans

[@lateksipumppu]

And Breaking Bad

[@theoriginalpandanon]

Glad I wasn’t the only person’s who first thought was Edward Elric listing the elements that make up the human body 😁

[@ralsharp6013]

"Hello," by Tommy SpaSe and rhe Alchemists😂 Great tune and now i have to go listen to it! 😂

[@markstyles1246]

"No, Alanis. ... We've been over this." :-D

[@ninamo3523]

This is beautiful and excellent science communication. Bravo!

[@danielscott3178]

I feel so smart for immediately saying "WILSON'S" when you mentioned impaired copper metabolism 😂

[@travisinthetrunk]

Fellow Dr. House fan?

[@danielscott3178]

@@travisinthetrunk and pre-med

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

​@@travisinthetrunk I got that from House... and the NYT Diagnosis column on medical mysteries!

[@TheAverageNooob]

All this complexity and variety of elements in the body makes me understand why some animals just lick rocks. Like hmm I am feeling low on trace elements, I lick of it should help.

[@JamesDavy2009]

Some rocks are rich in sodium.

[@Liriq]

Deer lick stuff with salt in them. Licking things is their primary way of getting sodium.

[@DrunkenMalkavian]

​@@Liriq Must be nice.

[@DarthJarJar10]

Awesome refresher on Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" for those of us who read that but didn't take bio beyond middle school.

[@user-xj6hw2wo7i]

Useful information as always and very well presented.

[@chrischaplin3126]

"We're going to pull a Magic School Bus". Miss Frizzle! Where's Miss Frizzle? I've been lied to and possibility bamboozled. 😢

[@JamesDavy2009]

Last I heard, Valorie Frizzle became a professor after earning a PhD. Fiona Frizzle on the other hand…

[@edrozenrozen9600]

In YOU... Yttrium, Oxygen, and Uranium!

[@RomanNardone]

I'm always fascinated with what the most rare elements that we need in our bodies to survive. In larger quantities it's probably phosphorus. The most rare is probably iodine. It makes me think about all of the super novas and star formation that was required just so my body could exist.

[@anthonypacillas4830]

Boron? It's quite useful in testosterone production last I know.

[@smart_ledtv]

Just imagine that *hydrogen* in your body isn't from super novas nor collisions of neutron stars, but simply(?) from the _Big Bang_ when primordial soup of quarks and gluons started to condensate into the 3 lightest elements in just first ca. 20 picoseconds.

[@yurineri2227]

Super creative video format, I loved it😊

[@PurpleNoir]

Great and informative like always! 👍

[@JosephsDesign]

This is a question I have always had, thanks for answering!

[@tawnyamitchell9277]

I will be honest, I started keeping track of my daily iron intake. After a couple of days I felt significantly less tired and way more energetic than I usually do. I consider iron one of the more essential elements, my body wasnt getting what it needed. -Iron is used in 500 different proteins, that is crazy! I really didnt know this, I am not anemic BTW at all. As a people I feel like we need to be more aware of the percentage of what we need from our food, along with taking the multi vitamin supplements. If we do this i feel like we would be more productive as a society.

[@kimakimakima]

Well done video. More, more!

[@heavenkey7754]

I love this show, keep it up guys🎉

[@bananatassium7009]

great video, this was super interesting!

[@jurkoot]

What a fun, engaging presentation!

[@jamesgrover2005]

Very informative, thanks :)

[@adamwishneusky]

Great episode!!

[@PunkHerr]

Can't wait for chapter of this topic!

[@ananyasahoo5161]

Amazing animation and narration

[@spoookley]

i’ve noticed that when i see the same video but with a different thumbnail, i tend to get a better grasp of what the video is about by the second one, regardless of my order of preference for them. i liked the thumbnail where niba was on the front better cuz ya know, human faces tend to catch your eyes, but i ended up watching the video when i saw the wider variety of elements that was discussed in the video, cuz the first one had more of a click-baity vibe given that it also had uranium on it (arguably the most clickbait prone element) good video tho! i always like it when the human body is treated like the complex ecosystem it is, & the visuals added to it a lot :)

[@FloozieOne]

That was a very interesting video. At one point in my life I was severely malnourished due to massive drug use. I had moments of disassociation, tremors and general weakness. A friend gave me some B-12 vitamins and it all went away. Now I know why, Thanks SciShow. P.S. It has been 36 years since I took any unlawful drugs - yeah, I'm an old person but I still take a multivitamin every day.

[@davetoms1]

_"Iron helps us play!"_ *~ The Flanders* And you only need 5 grams!

[@nagyesszep]

oh wow new format? I like it!

[@DANGJOS]

I didn't even realize this was SciShow. I'm used to seeing her on a different channel. She did a great job!

[@_mortiam]

I want to hear about all those other elements inside our body! So interesting!

[@cgautz]

Thanks!

[@robertreed7767]

Yeah you should have definitely named this episode “Did Full Metal Alchemist Get It Right?”

[@briangman3]

Great presenter , you go girl!

[@raythegardener]

Hydrogen, Uranium Manganese = HUMn

[@williamwilkins8037]

I have to say I loved The Magic School Bus and this episode was hilarious in the best of ways 😆

[@HellOnWheel]

I like the new format

[@randallgraves8166]

I'm loving the new style for the show!

[@ChroniclogicalJeff]

I'm ready. Let's do this Miss Frizzle.

[@Rivarya]

Ive actually wondered this exact question. I love this channel i wanna be friends with the writers😂

[@XboxModer702]

Good video

[@therongjr]

My understanding is that most of the waste carbon dioxide in the blood is carried in the plasma, not the red blood cells.

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

Last time I heard someone talking about this he became a meth producer.

[@lindaseel9986]

😮😮😮😮

[@osamaqtaitat]

Nice

[@karlkutac1800]

Niba is an excellent host. I could wish they provided a comfortable chair for her (and Reed, etc)

[@fredmacvenn8525]

I can't take my eyes off her hands, nice hand speech.

[@smart_ledtv]

I love her expressionism in showing how various elements are "useful to us" and "molecules that we know and love". @0:51-0:56 It requires a decent amount of talent and a close relation with a camera or two, or even three of them ('cos why not!). 🤤

[@Vininn126]

I appreciate the puns and asides; Niba is a fantastic host, I just think a different style of casualness suits her better? I love that scishow is constantly experimenting, however, and the puns definitely work with some hosts!

[@00dredd]

She's both good to listen to and to look at... And I'm learning.. a win all around.

[@Vininn126]

@@00dredd No comment there! Definitely a great host.

[@caydennormanton9682]

@@Vininn126 She seems nervous or like she's trying a touch too hard - I think this will improve with time, but if I could offer her one suggestion, it would be to relax a little :)

[@smart_ledtv]

I love her expressionism in showing how various elements are "useful to us" and "molecules that we know and love". @0:51-0:56 It requires a decent amount of talent and a close relation with a camera or two, or even three of them ('cos why not!). 🤤

[@beastamer1990s]

YT notifs really did me dirty on this upload, came here from the community post 👀

[@b1oh1]

Great video as always scishow! P.s. I love the effervescence of this host. I think I might have a new favorite. Sorry Hank.

[@Moulton_Lava]

Pull a magic school bus, love it

[@RCSVirginia]

One would want to reserve some of the elements to enrich the Soylent Green.

[@kowalityjesus]

this host is awesome

[@terrancestapleton3859]

The one I wonder about is selenium I heard it was for something and I no longer hear people mention it except for when you might have a deficiency

[@approaching404]

I'm in love

[@friskydingo5370]

If you atmoize the human body, you would have an explosive mixture H2o into H H O Since we are mostly water 💧 😊 . I think hemoglobin has a lot of extra o2 as well.

[@Em4gdn1m]

Depends on how much I had to drink that night.

[@zbpossible]

Back to chemistry.

[@flyingark173]

Just for the record, I was planning on watching this video before the name change, so discount me from those results

[@jackson_craft_gamingscates9324]

all of it is inside of me! with some extras we havent identified as of yet!

[@gabor6259]

This host is _really_ good.

[@chumbucketjones9761]

If my memories are part of me then the entire periodic table is in me. Except lithium, that would be crazy.

[@qazedctgb19]

There will be a part 2 right?

[@Darxide23]

Can you believe she tried to tell me to stop eating pennies?

[@spathr]

Reviewing with my AP Bio kids!

[@joshp6061]

Well you _mentioned_ selenium, magnesium, and potassium, but what do they do? And what about titanium? And manganese?

[@maf7624]

what a great video, and what a wonderful host!

[@pauljackson3491]

For percentage, is that is mass or number of atoms? Don't quote me but I think water substitutes for oxygen in hemaglobin(sp). I thought CO2 goes in carbonate form. Does berylium(sp) have any use? For spelling, I am lazy and don't want to check correct ways.

[@brandon8900]

I love the periodic table inside me. Ohhhh yeahh.

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

Now that I've seen this video, my old chemistry set doesn't look so appetizing any more.

[@CaughtThatCoffee]

pretty cool

[@LeoAngora]

You teased Uranium but not mentioned it later... I remain intrigued.

[@seanparsons8987]

Jazz hands!

[@AdrianHereToHelp]

6:58, Ah the problems of mirroring image files (Very fun and informative video btw - just a funny easter egg)

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

Hmmm idk if it's wrong! We don't know which way the person is facing since they're totally transparent

[@AdrianHereToHelp]

@@awaredeshmukh3202 I'm talking about the text being backwards on the bus in the transition

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

@@AdrianHereToHelp ahahaha I totally missed that XD

[@oriontigley5089]

"How much of the periodic table is inside of you?" **me wondering the woods looking for shiny rocks to use as butt plugs**

[@IronFairy]

I am SO sad it's not called CHONPS instead of CHNOPS

[@h.dawson8212]

As long as you don’t care about the relative importance of the elements, SPONCH also works.

[@smart_ledtv]

How about CNOPSH? By the way, did you know that *hydrogen* in your body isn't from super novas nor collisions of neutron stars, but simply(?) from the _Big Bang_ when primordial soup of quarks and gluons started to condensate into the 3 lightest elements in just first ca. 20 picoseconds.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Amazing to think that just 6 elements are so vital to our existence

[@asjad1814]

9:56 😂😂😂

[@bettyswallocks6411]

I believe I may well bake a cake decorated with the the periodic table. Just to see if I _could_ get the whole thing inside of me. 🍰

[@catatonicbug7522]

Chromium just makes you shiny and helps prevent rust from all that iron.

[@PyotrFrikadelle69]

Woah, maybe the Periodic Table buys me a drink first?

[@Shinx990]

Aww I wanted to include Rutherfordium and Nihonium into my diet! Spoilsport.

[@kowalityjesus]

I take a trace mineral supplement, which is essentially seawater with 99.9% of the sodium chloride removed. Hopefully my body can figure out what it needs and discard what it doesn't.

[@gaeshows1938]

The new host looks pretty cute

[@MrAudisek]

Niba makes any topic fun and interesting with her cozy and sweet presenting. Every video with her is a treat.

[@user-iq6cc3df3l]

I don’t know. But I do know that Jennifer Love Hewitt is 100 percent C6H12O6. My favorite molecule.

[@tysonkay6081]

I too am mostly made of Schnapps

[@FeeshUnofficial]

I'm actually 40% boron

[@Alice_Sweicrowe]

Yes, I prefer SCHNOPs as well.

[@weremuppet7625]

If I atomized a human body, what elements would I get? It would depend on what the items in the jail cell would be made of, I guess, but iron and carbon is basicly certain. EDIT: Awww, the video title's changed so my comment makes no sense :P