Minerals and your health.

What do minerals bring us and what are their uses on our metabolism?

Calcium:

• Helps in the development and maintenance of bones and teeth (especially in children, adolescents and young adults).
• Adequate intake of calcium (and vitamin D) (throughout life) as part of a healthy diet (combined with regular physical activity) can help prevent bone loss/osteoporosis (in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women) (later in life).
• Adequate intake of calcium (and vitamin D) (throughout life) as part of a healthy diet (combined with regular physical activity) can reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis (in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women) (later in life).
• Electrolyte Source/An electrolyte for the maintenance of good health.
• Helps maintain normal muscle function.
• Helps in the process of normal regulation of cell division and specialization.
• Helps prevent calcium deficiency.

Chromium

• Contributes to healthy glucose metabolism.
• Helps maintain normal blood glucose levels.
• Helps prevent chromium deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Copper

• Helps in the formation and repair of connective tissue. Helps in the formation of red blood cells.
• Helps maintain the normal transport of iron in the body.
• Helps prevent copper deficiency.

Iron

• Helps in the formation of red blood cells and helps in their proper functioning.
• Helps reduce fatigue and fatigue caused by iron deficiency anemia.
• For products providing daily doses of iron between 16 and 20 mg:
  Helps provide pregnant women with the recommended intake (Institue of Medicine) of iron as part of a healthy diet.
• Helps prevent iron deficiency.
• Helps prevent iron deficiency anemia.
• Helps prevent iron deficiency anemia and the resulting tiredness and fatigue.

Iodine

• Helps in the proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
• Helps maintain normal production of thyroid hormones.
• Helps prevent iodine deficiency.

Magnesium

• Helps in the development and maintenance of bones and teeth.
• Helps in tissue formation
• Helps the proper functioning of the muscles.
• Helps the proper functioning of the muscles, including the heart muscle.
• Electrolyte Source/An electrolyte for the maintenance of good health.
• Helps with energy metabolism, tissue formation and bone development.
• Helps maintain normal electrolyte balance.
• Helps prevent magnesium deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Manganese

• Helps prevent molybdenum deficiency. Helps prevent manganese deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Molybdenum

• Helps prevent molybdenum deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Phosphorus

• Helps in the development and maintenance of bones and teeth.
• Electrolyte Source/An electrolyte for the maintenance of good health.
• Helps prevent phosphorus deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

Selenium

• Source of antioxidant/An antioxidant for the maintenance of good health.
• Antioxidant Source/An antioxidant that helps protect against oxidative stress.
• Antioxidant Source/An antioxidant that helps to: a) fight / b) protect (the cells) against / c) reduce (the oxidative effects of/oxidative damage caused by/damage to) free radicals.
• Helps maintain the normal functioning of the thyroid gland.
• Helps prevent selenium deficiency.

Zinc

• Helps in the formation of connective tissue.
• Helps maintain skin health.
• Helps maintain immune functions.
• Helps with energy metabolism and tissue formation.
• Helps maintain normal DNA synthesis.
• Helps maintain normal acid-base metabolism.
• Helps maintain healthy bones, hair, nails and/or skin.
• Helps prevent zinc deficiency.
• Helps maintain the body’s ability to metabolize nutrients.

_{Source: Health Canada, Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements Monograph}