Minerals

Minerals, the ignition key for vitamins and controllers of many processes.

Minerals are the keys to the engines we know of as vitamins. NO vitamins can be absorbed or carry out their intended functions without the presence of specific minerals in very particular amounts.

Minerals are fundamentally metals and other inorganic compunds that not only provide much of the structure of, for example, bones and teeth. In additin they are critical to countless body processes and can be separated into two main groups, major minerals - which are required in amounts greater than 100mg per day and trace elements, of which less is required.

Major minerals include:

Calcium

Chloride

Magnesium

Phosphorus

Potassium and

Sodium

Trace elements include

Boron

Chromium

Cobalt

Copper

Fluorine

Germanium

Iodine

Manganese

Selenium

Silicon

Vanadium and

Zinc

Review each mineral to find out what it is, what its functions are, how much you need in your diet and where to find it.