Minerals are important in regulating many body functions.

Minerals:

1. Inorganic substances occurring naturally in the earth's crust.

   They have certain chemical makeup and, usually, a crystal-like structure.

2. Nutrients found in food as a compound rather than as a free element.

   Minerals are important in regulating many body functions.

Click on the mineral of your interest in the table below.

You can view information of that mineral, the benefits of that mineral, symptoms of mineral deficiency, and sources of that particular mineral.

Minerals
Boron Calcium Copper Chromium	Iodine Magnesium Manganese	Phosphorus Potassium	Silica Selenium Zinc

Mineral deficiency occurs when there is an inability to use one or more of the mineral elements needed for human nutrition.

Symptoms vary, depending on the particular function or functions of the element in helping growth and keeping the body healthy.

Minerals are part of all the body tissues and fluids. They are important factors in keeping physiological processes going.

They act in nerve responses, muscle contractions, and the changes of nutrients in foods.

They regulate electrolyte balance and the making of hormones.

They strengthen skeletal structures.

All mineral deficiencies are treated by adding the specific element to the diet, either as a pill or in the right foods.

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