| Living a healthy life is a major challenge in our lives | | | | its own minerals. These minerals have therefore to be |
| today. In spite of if all the hype about a healthy diet, | | | | supplied through the diet. But the unhealthy modern |
| exercise and numerous supplements, good health in | | | | lifestyles and depleted foods are unable to provide |
| the true sense of the word still remains a cause of | | | | sufficient supply of these minerals. In case of |
| concern for all of us. All attempts to rid our bodies of | | | | processed foods which are so much in vogue these |
| diseases result either in partial success or in some | | | | days the processing leaches out the minerals required |
| other side effects. Every time the concept of a | | | | by our bodies thus necessitating supplementation. A |
| healthy mind in a healthy body evades us. To | | | | normal diet does not contain the recommended daily |
| understand why this happens we must have an idea | | | | dose (RDA) of most minerals and this makes |
| of what constitutes the human body and how it | | | | supplementation crucial. Research shows that an |
| functions. The human system requires various nutrients | | | | inadequate supply of minerals leads to a variety of |
| and micronutrients to function in an optimal manner. | | | | diseases including depression, low back pain, arthritis, |
| One of these micro-nutrients is minerals which are vital | | | | poor digestion and cardiovascular disease. Not |
| to the proper functioning of the body. Minerals are | | | | surprisingly these studies also relate mineral deficiency |
| needed to maintain the delicate cellular fluid balance, to | | | | to inadequate diet----foods which are nutrient-poor, |
| form bone and blood cells, to provide for | | | | highly processed foods including white flour, refined |
| electrochemical nerve activity, and to regulate muscle | | | | sugar and harmful fats. |
| tone and activity (including organ muscles like the heart, | | | | Thus we see that minerals are exogenously sourced |
| stomach, liver, etc.). Any imbalance in minerals causes | | | | micronutrients crucial to the smooth execution of |
| a malfunction which in scientific terminology is called | | | | innumerable functions within the human body. These |
| disease. Here it is important to note that while our body | | | | essential atomic particles are integral to maintaining |
| is capable of synthesizing several essential | | | | tissues, producing energy, synthesizing hormones and |
| compounds on its own, it is not capable of synthesizing | | | | repairing cellular damage. |