What are minerals?
Minerals are chemical elements that play an important role across many different areas in the body.
Unlike vitamins, which are organic substances that are made by plants or animals, minerals are inorganic substances that come from soil and water, and are instead absorbed by plants or eaten by animals .
The functions of minerals
Minerals serve the body in many ways, in order to help it carry out daily tasks and develop. Some assist in nerve and muscle function, others in energy production and
immune system function.
To begin, there are two types of minerals – major minerals and trace minerals. Your body needs relatively large amounts of major minerals, but only requires small amounts of trace minerals.
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