Minerals are as important as
vitamins when it comes to overall
health and well-being. Since all enzymatic activities in the body require minerals, your body wouldn't be able to use
vitamins and other nutrients without them. Calcium, Magnesium, Chromium, Iron, Selenium and
zinc are just a few of the numerous minerals essential to continued health.
For years the
supplement market has been dominated by vitamins, but
vitamins and amino acids are useless without minerals because all enzyme activities involve minerals. Minerals for healthy bones, organs, and tissue minerals are needed to maintain the delicate
cellular fluid balance, to form
bone and blood cells, to provide for electrochemical nerve activity, and to regulate muscle tone and activity (including organ muscles like the heart, stomach, liver, etc.)
Minerals act as catalysts for many biological reactions within the body, including muscle response, the transmission of messages through the nervous system, the production of hormones, digestion, and the utilization of nutrients in foods.
Minerals are primarily stored in bone and muscle tissue so toxicity is a possibility. Toxicity risks increase when one isolated mineral is ingested without any supportive cofactor nutrients. Such situations of mineral toxicity are quite rare, because toxic levels accumulate only if massive overdoses persist for a prolonged period of time.
Benefits
maintains healthy bones, organs and tissue
regulates muscle tone
assists with the formation of bone and blood cells