Vitamins and Natural Supplements

Clinical Nutrition

A mineral is a chemical element required as an essential nutrient by organisms to perform functions necessary for life. Your body needs certain minerals to build strong bones and teeth and turn the food you eat into energy. As with vitamins, a healthy balanced diet should provide all the minerals your body needs to work properly. Essential minerals include calcium, iron and potassium

Minerals are necessary for 3 main reasons:

• building strong bones and teeth
• controlling body fluids inside and outside cells
• turning the food you eat into energy