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Dear LEC Reader,
Like vitamins, minerals work with enzymes as coenzymes, allowing all
activities in your body to take place efficiently.
Minerals are required for all metabolic processes, as well as proper
composition of your body fluids, the formation of your blood & bones,
and they are critically important for healthy nerve function.
Our civilization is starving for nutrients that are lacking in our food
chain. Now more than ever, supplementation is crucial for health, because
minerals have been depleted from our soils, and other nutrients are destroyed
in the processing & cooking of almost all the foods we eat. This type
of malnutrition is often the cause of pain and chronic degenerative diseases.
Have you heard the phrase "over-fed but under-nourished"? Even
though caloric intake is abundant, many bodies lack proper nourishment.
Minerals are naturally occurring elements found in rocks on the earth.
As rocks erode over millions of years, they break down into tiny fragments
of dust and sand. This mineral powders accumulate to form the basis of
soil, which is teeming with microbes that help plants utilize the minerals.
These minerals are taken up into plants, then eaten by animals, both of
which are consumed by humans. In nature, this is how we ingest minerals.
Minerals belong to two groups: major (or bulk) minerals and trace minerals.
Bulk minerals include calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and phosphorus.
These are needed in larger amounts than trace minerals, and their deficiencies
& imbalances will quickly cause illness.
Trace minerals include zinc, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, selenium,
and iodine, among others. Although very small amounts of trace minerals
are required, they are just as important for good health as bulk minerals.
Because minerals are stored primarily in the body's bone and muscle tissue,
overdose is possible. But toxic amounts accumulate only with extremely
large doses taken for prolonged periods of time.
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