The Second Group of Players on Your Team - Minerals
Last month we covered the vitamins as essential team players. The second important group of players on your nutritional support team is minerals. Just like vitamins, minerals help your body grow, develop, and stay healthy. The body uses minerals to perform many important functions from building strong bones to helping nerves communicate. Some minerals even help in the creation of hormones and maintaining a healthy heartbeat. Like vitamins, you must get your minerals from the food you eat.
There are two types of minerals: macrominerals and microminerals. Macrominerals are minerals you need larger amounts of than microminerals. The macromineral group is made up of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium. Some of the important microminerals are chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and zinc.
Last month we covered the vitamins as essential team players. The second important group of players on your nutritional support team is minerals. Just like vitamins, minerals help your body grow, develop, and stay healthy. The body uses minerals to perform many important functions from building strong bones to helping nerves communicate. Some minerals even help in the creation of hormones and maintaining a healthy heartbeat. Like vitamins, you must get your minerals from the food you eat.
There are two types of minerals: macrominerals and microminerals. Macrominerals are minerals you need larger amounts of than microminerals. The macromineral group is made up of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium. Some of the important microminerals are chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and zinc.