Food Minerals

Learn What They Do For You

Your body needs minerals.

But you don’t often hear about the importance of food minerals. People say: “Get your vitamins!” all the time. What about minerals?

In your body, minerals and vitamins work together; they rely on each other. Without minerals, vitamins lose much of their effectiveness.

Food minerals help your body by...

• Keeping body fluids in proper composition

• Keeping blood and bones in top form

• Maintaining healthy nerve function

• Regulating muscle tone and the cardiovascular system

Like vitamins, minerals enable your body to perform vital tasks such as energy production, growth, and healing.

Types:

Bulk minerals

calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus

Trace minerals

boron, chromium, copper, germanium, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, silicon, sulfur, vanadium, zinc

Your body needs bulk minerals in larger amounts than trace minerals. However, it requires both to maintain its proper chemical balance.

The level of one mineral in the body affects every other mineral level. Out-of-balance mineral levels can lead to serious illness.

How Do Minerals Get In Food?

It's simple really.

Minerals are naturally occurring elements found in the earth. Rock formations consist of mineral salts. Rock and stone gradually break down, by erosion, into tiny fragments called sediment.

This takes millions
of years.

The dust and sand left over accumulate and form soil. It teems with mineral salts, which plants absorb. People then eat the plants.

Taking Dietary
Mineral Supplements?

Modern farming practices degrade the vitamin and mineral content of our fruits and vegetables. And cooking vegetables destroys what little mineral value they have left. So what can you do?

You can eat a variety of raw organic fruits and vegetables. Or look into plant based mineral supplements. They're made in many forms---tablet, capsule, powder, and liquid. (Tablets are best)

Whichever form you choose, make sure it is chelated.

With chelated supplements, minerals bond to protein molecules that transport them to the bloodstream and enhance absorption.

These minerals come in chelated form:

• boron

• iron

• manganese

• molybdenum

• selenium

• vanadium

Is there a supplement that contains a number of chelated minerals?

Dietary Supplements Guide recommends Total Balance (best value)