Hi! When we talk of minerals, which ones do you recall immediately? Yes, the flogged horses – calcium, magnesium, zinc, sodium and phosphorous. But the other 12 are often overlooked.
Dietary minerals are elements required to enable metabolic and biochemical processes in our body. They help enzymes and coenzymes towards achieving this function. Minerals are micronutrients, i.e. they are categorized on many basis of the amount required to be consumed per day to sustain a non-deficient and healthy state. Macro minerals are needed in quantities of 100 mg and above and trace minerals are needed in very less quantities.