Minerals & Vitamins

Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. The term "mineral" encompasses not only the material's chemical composition but also the mineral structures. Minerals range in composition from pure elements and simple salts to very complex silicates with thousands of known forms (organic compounds are usually excluded). The study of minerals is called mineralogy.

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• Be Sure To Get Your Calcium
  In addition to the benefits to teeth and bones, calcium plays a role in helping the blood to clot when it needs to, helping the nerves and muscles to perform their tasks, and the maintenance of cell membranes
  
  
• Copper and Your Health
  Copper came to be recognized as in the 1870’s as a basic part of our blood. This mineral is called an elemental because it is a metal. In terms of concentration, it is the third greatest metal present in our bodies
  
  
• Iodine and Health
  With the introduction of iodized salt, meeting the daily iodine requirement became nearly effortless and inexpensive in the industrialized nations
  
  
• Iron And Health
  Iron is a mineral that is essential to the health and functioning of the body. Deficiencies in iron can have serious consequences for overall health and energy levels
  
  
• Magnesium and Health
  Magnesium is important to bone health and structure. Indeed, fully half of the magnesium in the body is found in the bones
  
  
• Manganese and Health
  Manganese has vital antioxidant properties, working as a cofactor in the production of the body’s most important antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase
  
  
• Phosphorus and Health
  Phosphorus works with the vitamins that make up powerful group known as the Vitamin B complex in the transformation of nutrients to energy. In fact, thiamin, or Vitamin B1, cannot be used by the body without the presence of phosphorus
  
  
• Potassium and Health
  Potassium is a mineral that serves a variety of purposes within the body. Despite its importance to so many of the body’s functions and systems, most people do not consume the standard recommended daily levels of this essential mineral
  
  
• Selenium And Health
  Selenium is especially important in the body’s ongoing battle against free radical damage. In the body, selenium is the source of selenoproteins, which are essential anti-oxidant
  
  
• Sodium As An Essential Nutrient
  Sodium has an important role in the circulatory system. The body needs it to regulate the blood pressure, as well as the volume of the blood itself
  
  
• Zinc And Your Body
  Zinc is an important mineral that serves many vital purposes in the body. Approximately one hundred enzymes rely on the presence of zinc to be effective in their specialized tasks within the body