Our body requires minerals and vitamins in order to grow and maintain good health. The body uses minerals to perform many different functions such as building strong bones to transmitting nerve impulses, to maintain a normal heartbeat and to make hormones. Keeping these minerals in balance is a vital and a complex task that our body must perform efficiently at all times. Lack of balanced diet, stress, illness lead to shortage of these minerals and must be replenished through daily supplement intake to remain healthy.

There are two kinds of minerals: macrominerals and trace minerals. The macromineral group is made up of Magnesium, phosphorus , sodium, potassium, calcium and sulfur and our body needs a large amount of these minerals.

Trace minerals, on the other hand are the once that are needed in just the tiny amount, that is, we need just the trace of them in our body. Nevertheless, they are absolutely essential for our body to function in a healthy manner. These trace minerals include chromium, selenium, manganese, zinc, iodine, iron, cobalt, and copper. Scientists still do not know exactly how much of these trace minerals are required for our body to function properly.