Minerals

Although minerals make up a very small portion of our total body weight,
their influence on our physiology is vital. They’re present in tissue, proteins, enzymes, blood, some vitamins, etc..

Minerals, when in our blood, help our bodies form it's own antibiotics by 
combining with other essential nutrients to cause germ killing effects.

From the healing of cuts, scratches, bruises and other wounds to mental actively, energy level and thought process, all require certain minerals for maximum efficiency.

Because minerals are engaged in almost every physical contraction of the body, we simply couldn’t breathe, eat, or drink without their presence.

Your physical well being is more dependent upon minerals you take into your system than anything else, including vitamins.

In fact, it’s not commonly realized that vitamins control the body’s appropriation of minerals, but in the absence of minerals they have no function to perform. In other words, lacking vitamins, the human system can make some use of minerals, but lacking minerals, vitamins are essentially useless.

• The body must maintain an adequate mineral supply to maintain a balance between internal and external pressures of the body cells called osmotic equilibrium. This state must be maintained for the normal cell function and continued youthful health.

• All nutrients such as vitamins, proteins, enzymes, amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, oils, etc., require minerals for activity. All bodily processes depend on the action of minerals.

• Trace minerals are more important in nutrition than vitamins. Living matter can synthesize vitamins, minerals cannot.

• Vitamins are required for every biochemical activity of the body. Vitamins cannot function unless minerals are present.

• Minerals are the catalysts that make enzymes function possible. Chelated minerals combine with enzymes into an alkaline detoxifying agent which neutralizes the acid metabolic by-products of the cells and other toxic conditions within the body and prepares them for elimination.

• Hormonal secretion of glands is dependent upon minerals.

• The acid-alkaline balance (pH) of the tissue fluid is controlled by minerals
  

In order to get the optimal effect from minerals they must be fully absorbed into your system.  For this to happen it is critical to look for minerals that are from the right source.

So what is the best source for minerals?

It is so vitally important to focus on the form and source of any mineral nutritional supplement.

Metallic minerals only have an absorption rate of 3%-12%. That's not too good!  Chelated minerals have about a 40% absorption rate, which is better.  The Metallic and Chelated  minerals on the market, in no way comes anywhere near the absorption rate of ionic minerals which is 98%.

With this in mind, when shopping for nutritional supplements you should look for minerals in the right form in order to get the maximum absorption and vitamins that are derived from whole food sources.

When comparing the different forms of minerals just make sure they are in the ionic form which will give you optimal absorption and as a result the most important aspect of your health, "Optimal Benefits From Your Nutrients"