Research Notes on Essential Minerals
Essential Minerals are required by the body to support biochemical processes. These minerals are calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, iron, zinc, and fluorine. You can get these minerals by consuming plenty of dairy's, proteins, grains, and vegetables.
Fast Facts:
- Minerals are inorganic substances mined from the earth.
- Essential minerals are crucial to the growth and production of bones, teeth, hair, blood, nerves, skin, vitamins, enzymes and hormones.
- Mineral availability and absorption is affected as foods are cooked, processed and refined, and many naturally occurring minerals in food are removed.
5 Great Resources on Essential Minerals
- Wikipedia: Dietary Minerals
- Natural News: Essential Minerals
- Body and Fitness: Essential Minerals
- Healthwise (via Revolution Health): Minerals
- Nemours Foundation: Minerals
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What is Essential Minerals?
- Wikipedia: Essential Minerals
- Brian Mac, Sports Coach: Minerals
- Answers.com: Definition of Minerals
What Are The Uses for Essential Minerals?
- Your Doctor.com: Minerals and Their Functions
- Alternative Medicine Angel: Minerals and Their Functions
- Vitamin and Health Supplement Guide: Dietary Minerals
What Are The Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Essential Minerals?
- Drugs.com: Multivitamins with Minerals Side Effects
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Vitamins and Minerals: What You Should Know
- Answers.com: Minerals: Precautions
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Essential Minerals
- Yahoo Answers: What Are Essential Minerals
- Health Tips: Why Our Bodies Need Minerals To Function
- Ask Men: Minerals 101
Clinical Trials for Essential Minerals
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Minerals
- Center Watch: Clinical Trials on Minerals
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Essential Minerals
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles on Minerals
- JAMA: Medical Journal Articles on Minerals
- New England Journal of Medicine: Medical Journal Articles on Minerals
- Oxford Journals: Medical Journal Articles on Minerals
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles on Minerals
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- Contributor: Jacky Graves
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- Last update: Oct. 1, 2008
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