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Mineral supplements provide the minerals that are essential for good health.The importance of mineral supplements to maintaining good health is becoming increasingly apparent. Minerals are inorganic substances required by the body for a variety functions such as formation of bones and teeth, essential constituents of body fluids and tissues, components of enzyme systems, and nerve function. Like vitamins, minerals cannot be produced by the body, and eating a varied diet and using mineral supplements will ensure an adequate supply of most minerals for healthy people. Some minerals are needed in larger amounts than others and are readily available in mineral supplements.These include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium and chlorine. These are called macrominerals. Others are required in smaller quantities and are called trace minerals or microminerals, e.g. iron, zinc, iodine, fluoride, selenium and copper. Despite being required in smaller amounts, trace minerals are no less important than other minerals. The importance of minerals has been undervalued for quite some time. When we were children we took our Flintstone vitamins or vitamin C, etc. Ironically though, most individuals do not understand that without minerals and mineral supplements - vitamins, enzymes and even proteins do us little good. Minerals are the catalyst which create a healthy environment in which the body, using vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats, can grow, function and heal itself. This is why a complete spectrum of minerals is necessary for exemplary health. According to Dr.Linus Pauling, a Nobel Prize winner, "You can trace every sickness, every ailment, and every disease to a mineral deficiency." Many experts agree, that even the slightest deficiency in certain minerals like tin, mercury, arsenic and even aluminum could result in health problems. These professional observations should make taking mineral supplements a priority. |
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