Minerals – many people are short of them

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Minerals – some are needed by the body in larger amounts like calcium, phosphate, potassium and magnesium. Minerals needed in smaller amounts are iron, zinc, chromium, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium, fluoride, molydenum and cobalt. Minerals originate from the soil, they are taken up by the plants and then utilized by us, as the plant has converted them into a form that is bio-available to us (in a form we can break down and utilize). The same goes for animals they eat the plants, providing us with minerals in a form we can readily absorb. Unfortunately many nutrients are lost in food...

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