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