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Minerals Information

Minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms. They can be naturally occurring in food or added in elemental or mineral form. Normally existence in the world as air, liquid and solid.

Minerals are essential nutrients that serve the body in many ways. So important in the function of the human body that insufficient supply, or even over supply, of these can lead to numerous health problems and complications not to mention a disrupted life. Minerals have good effects to the body individually but for them to give out the best results they must therefore work in partners and even in groups. Most minerals complement each other thus serving as cofactor to each other in the body's most essential processes.

Every part of you is made from minerals - your bones, cell structure, lymph liquid, arteries, organs, tissue, muscle, hair, and so on. You cannot live without minerals. Your body does not produce minerals.

Where you can find the minerals?

In an ideal world, we would get all our minerals from the food that we eat. However, in general we do not eat enough healthy foods to supply these minerals. Long time ago when the soil was rich in minerals, vegetable and fruits were jammed pack with minerals. Fruits and vegetables were not picked early, frozen, waxed, radiated, or stored in argon gas. Those who ate these vegetables and fruits obtained an adequate supply of minerals and seldom has a deficiency. Today the opposite is true. You and I cannot get enough minerals from eating fruits and vegetables. Now we eat more cooked vegetables, more vegetables in packages, fruits and vegetables that are waxed, and vegetables from other countries not processed properly. GM crops, depleted soil, intensive farming and live stock rearing all produce food products which are lacking in minerals.

What kind of minerals do we need to maintain our body?

The essential minerals we need to maintain a healthy body are Calcium, Chlorine, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Fluorine, Iodine, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Phosphorous, Potassium, Selenium, Sodium, Sulphur, Vanadium and Zinc.

 

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